“It is naive to believe that the admiration for a masterpiece is spontaneous. The admiration, to a great extent, is not born within people but between people, as if we forced each other to admire (while no one is “personally” enraptured).”
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Polish writer 1904–1969Related quotes
“Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.”
Vincent Van Gogh book The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
1870s
Variant: Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.
Source: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“Woman is a masterpiece of art to be admired and appreciated in her universal beauty.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La donna è un capolavoro d'arte da ammirare ed apprezzare nella sua bellezza universale.
Source: prevale.net
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi
Variant: When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.
Matthew Arnold book Culture and Anarchy
Source: Culture and Anarchy (1869), Ch. I, Sweetness and Light
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Loving
