We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations (ed. 1866)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which...