Only a Promise of Happiness Quotes

“One of Kant’s most telling observations about beauty is that it 'pleases universally without a concept,' which is to say that 'there can... be no rule in accordance with which someone could be compelled to acknowledge something as beautiful.' That means that no account of why something is beautiful can ever be enough to prove that others should agree with me.”
― Alexander Nehamas, Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art