Also misattributed to John Steinbeck.
Source: The Works of John Ruskin: The stones of Venice, v. 1-3
Volume I, chapter II, section 17.
The Stones of Venice (1853)
Variant: Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless.
Context: You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere delight. Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
Volume I, chapter II, section 17
The Stones of Venice (1853)
“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.”
Source: The Bell Jar
Source: 1975, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 4: Beauty
Variant: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Variant: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched... but are felt in the heart.
“The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.”
blogs.legacyrecordings.com (February 5, 2008)
2007, 2008
