“I was literally developing a new aesthetic of hand dipping the tiles and including the Venetian glass.”

“One of the major plans is to work on the aesthetics of the pool to make it more visually appealing to people.”

“Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.”

It was a uniform that signified that one was a kind of downtown aesthete; not necessarily nihilistic, but a monk in the bohemian order.

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.

I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

“Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic critic can understand it. To the great poet, there is only one method of music -- his own. To the great painter, there is only one manner of painting -- that which he himself employs. The aesthetic critic, and the aesthetic critic alone, can appreciate all forms and all modes. It is to him that Art makes her appeal.”

“It's one of those situations that's a balancing test. We have technology on one hand and aesthetics on the other. Everyone wants [cell phone] coverage. But where do you draw the line? At what point do we sacrifice aesthetics for progress?”

Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. 'Thinking in Numbers' is not about an attempt to impress the reader but to include the reader, draw the reader in, by explaining my experiences - the beauty I feel in a prime number, for example.

“These are obviously artists who actively respond to the world they live in and who use the aesthetic to engage the real.”