Quote by Baruch Spinoza
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty o

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. – Baruch Spinoza

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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza

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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. – Baruch Spinoza

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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. – Baruch Spinoza

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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. – Edgar Allan Poe

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There is a role and function for beauty in our time. – Tadao Ando

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I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it. – Robert Caro

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A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty. – William C. Bryant

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