The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Tynan suggests that the buttocks are aesthetically pleasing precisely because they lack a functional purpose, akin to abstract art.
- In plain terms
- He finds beauty in body parts that do not serve a practical function.
- What can you take from it?
- Beauty can arise from form rather than function.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes something art?
- Does function diminish beauty?
Another view
The claim that they are non-functional is biologically inaccurate.
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