In truth the Greeks named the world after ornament, for the diversity of the elements and the beauty of the stars. Their way of calling it is Kosmos, which means ornament. For nothing more beautiful than the world may be seen with the eyes.
- Isidore of Seville (560-636 A.D.)
Etymologies, XIII

‘Tis the melodious hue of beauty thrown
Athwart the darkness and the glare of pain
Which humanize and harmonize the strain.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1819)

When I think of art, I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind. In our minds, there is an awareness of perfection. We respond to beauty with emotion. Beauty speaks a message to us…. All artwork is about beauty; all positive work represents it and celebrates it. All negative art protests the lack of beauty in our lives…
…All your conditioning has been directed toward intellectual living. This is useless in artwork… Our emotional life is really dominant over our intellectual life, but we do not realize it.
- Agnes Martin (1989)
Beauty is the Mystery of Life

Give unto them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning,
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
- Isaiah 61:3 (525 B.C.)

The creators of beauty are the true revolutionaries.

Focus on the dance, not the disease
-Olie Westheimer, Brooklyn Parkinson’s Group