Television is bubble-gum for the mind.
Frank Lloyd WrightRead
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Appreciating beauty enriches life, while ignoring it leads to a diminished existence.
This quote by Frank Lloyd Wright emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing beauty in our lives. As we grow older, life can offer increasingly enriching experiences if we choose to engage with the beauty around us, enriching our existence. Conversely, dismissing beauty can lead to a life that feels poorer and less fulfilling, suggesting that our cultivation of beauty can have lasting positive impacts on our overall well-being.
Themes
BeautyLifeInvestmentAppreciationEnrichment
In practice
Example use cases
To inspire students during an art lesson, a teacher could say this quote while discussing the impact of beauty in various forms of art.
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