Authors:
Quotes › Authors › D › David Hume › Beauty is no quality in things...

  • Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.

    David Hume
    Favorite
    'Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary' (ed. T. H. Green and T. H. Grose, 1875) 'Of the Standard of Taste' (1757)
    Beauty Quotes

Topics

create your own picture
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. - David Hume
Embed:
Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Related Authors