That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.

Edgar Allan Poe
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the...
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When we look at a beautiful painting, we feel the purest and most elevated pleasure in our lives. We simultaneously feel that we are experiencing an intense flow of pleasure and feeling better than ever before. This is what I believe is called art, and the pleasure we experience when we admire art is pure, elevating and intense.

Source: Poems And Essays

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