Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it. – Moses Mendelssohn
For the greater beauty of the instrument, the balls representing the planets are to be of considerable bigness but so contrived, that they may be taken off at pleasure, and others, much smaller, and fitter for some purposes, put in their places. – David Rittenhouse
Lets talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included… something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. Its a Gigantic project. – Joseph Beuys
My strong point is not rhetoric , it isnt showmanship, it isnt big promises – those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth. – Richard Milhous Nixon