Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Beauty cannot be reduced to numbers or formulas. Just as circles are not made by equations, human appreciation of beauty goes beyond cold calculation.
- In plain terms
- Beauty cannot be measured with numbers or equations, like how circles are more than math.
- What can you take from it?
- Value beauty beyond numbers and formulas to grasp its true nature.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you define beauty?
- What cannot be measured about art?
Another view
Some aspects of beauty can be analyzed or measured statistically.
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