“In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.”
The Photographer’s Wife
Gigi (1945)
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“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Der christliche Entschluss, die Welt hässlich und schlecht zu finden, hat die Welt hässlich und schlecht gemacht.
Sec. 130
The Gay Science (1882)
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Attributed
“I don’t believe in spiritualism. Personally, I find it quite ugly.”
Derren Brown (1971) British illusionist
TV Series and Specials (Includes DVDs), Derren Brown: Séance (2004)
“To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet.”
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) English novelist and poet
Statement (5 August 1888), as quoted in The life of Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 (1962) by Florence Emily Hardy
“I suffered at the time from an ugliness I no longer find on my childhood face.”
Jean Genet book The Thief's Journal
The Thief's Journal (1949)
Friedrich Nietzsche book Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
Source: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (posthumous), p. 30
