The same face looks beautiful one day and plain the next, with the same proportions. Gold, a star at night and a single clear note have no parts to be in proportion at all. So beauty can’t be symmetry alone.
From The Enneads by Plotinus
The same face looks beautiful one day and plain the next, with the same proportions. Gold, a star at night and a single clear note have no parts to be in proportion at all. So beauty can’t be symmetry alone.
From The Enneads by Plotinus
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