Famous quotes containing the words aesthetic and/or sense:
““Form follows profit” is the aesthetic principle of our times.”
—Richard Rogers (b. 1933)
“We admire Chaucer for his sturdy English wit.... But though it is full of good sense and humanity, it is not transcendent poetry. For picturesque description of persons it is, perhaps, without a parallel in English poetry; yet it is essentially humorous, as the loftiest genius never is.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)