Logo
Quote by Walter Benjamin
The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. – Walter Benjamin

Other quotes by Walter Benjamin

Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know. – Walter Benjamin

Category:
Opinion
Author
Walter Benjamin
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Beauty
category

Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it. – Walter Pater

Category:
Beauty

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. – Victor Hugo

Category:
Beauty

In LA, where I live, its all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women. – Alanis Morissette

Category:
Beauty

Literature isnt a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts. – Philip Roth

Category:
Beauty

Random Quotes

The accumulation of cultural capital – the acquisition of knowledge – is the key to social mobility. – Michael Gove

Category:
Knowledge

When you are hugging a child, always be the last one to let go. You never know how long they need it. – Author Unknown

Category:
Hugs

People are pretty much alike. Its only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. – Linda Ellerbee

Category:
Equality

I hope to stay on Glee, I hope to still be a Housewife and I hope to do The New Normal. I just want to do it all! Why not? Im only going to be young for a little while longer. – NeNe Leakes

Category:
Hope