Aesthetics/criticism

Famous quotes containing the words aesthetics and/or criticism:

“What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“Good criticism is very rare and always precious.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)