Sentence examples for value of beauty from inspiring English sources

One interpretation of this would be that what is fundamentally valuable is the situation in which the object and the person experiencing are both embedded; the value of beauty might include both features of the beautiful object and the pleasures of the experiencer.

Why the surplus value of beauty?

It's a strange comment on our times that we have to make the case for the value of beauty, but perhaps a good sign that increasingly we realize that we needn't translate it into monetary terms.

Sir, It is wonderful to think that our politicians may finally be recognising the "value of beauty" (Clare Foges, "Ugly developments demolish Britain's spirits", Feb 4, and letter, Feb 5).

In artist's garb rather than drag — a T-shirt, sweatpants and dusty clogs, his blond hair in a messy page-boy — Mr. Perry spoke about the predominance of lousy work produced today, of his belief that contemporary art is neglecting the value of beauty, and of his experience as a very public transvestite.

How can Plato have seen the value of beauty to education and not mentioned the subject in his earlier criticisms?

Fortunately, today many are challenging the Eurocentric and gender-strict values of beauty, and all types of people are starting to be considered as beautiful.

Sōka-gakkai stresses the values of beauty and goodness (Zen) and the benefits of chanting an invocation to its chief scripture, the Lotus Sutra.

At the turn of the century, the Arts and Crafts movement promoted the values of beauty and functionalism in fine handiwork.

We can only ask Lei Sheng of China and Elisa Di Francisca of Italy, gold medal winners both, what inspiration modern fencers might draw from the poem's epic sweep, or its assertion that the chivalric values of beauty, valor and honor are behind every contest.

Moore's ideal utilitarianism, for example, takes into account the values of beauty and truth (or knowledge) in addition to pleasure (Moore 1903, 83 85, 194; 1912).