He was blessed with the ability to admire the unlovely. Or, I should say, he was blessed with the inability to feel there is a difference between lovely and un-.

Alexandra Horowitz
He was blessed with the ability to admire the unlovely....
He was blessed with the ability to admire the unlovely....
He was blessed with the ability to admire the unlovely....
He was blessed with the ability to admire the unlovely....
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Charles Bukowski said, “He was blessed with the ability to admire the unlovely. Or, I should say, he was blessed with the inability to feel there is a difference between lovely and un-.”This quote captures the idea of never judging people or things by how they look or act. Instead, we should judge people according to how they act and on their character.

Source: On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes

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