Beauty Is Not an Ornament to the Good Life, It Is at Its Heart
that there is beauty in the inconvenience, that I love the labor of living a good life.
Aesthetic. This is the drive to seek out and appreciate beauty, balance, and symmetry in a human face and body, a flower, a cat, a painting, a building, the night sky, a Mozart symphony, or a Shakespeare sonnet. Not only do we need to look at and listen to lovely things, we also need to create beauty in our own art, style, fashion, and homes.
John R. Sharp MD • The Insight Cure: Change Your Story, Transform Your Life
I also believe taste is something we can and should try to cultivate. Not because taste itself is a virtue, per se, but because I’ve found a taste-filled life to be a richer one. To pursue it is to appreciate ourselves, each other, and the stuff we’re surrounded by a whole lot more.