Immanuel KantIn all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
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When we describe something as beautiful, we are saying it is desirable. We desire it. It is an attractive thing. The power of beauty is that it draws us to the thing that we find attractive. We desire it.
Source: Critique Of Judgment
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