05:43

the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages… a beautiful object must always follow certain rules.
A beautiful nose shouldn’t be longer than that or shorter than that, on the contrary, an ugly nose can be as long as the one of Pinocchio,
or as big as the trunk of an elephant, or like the beak of an eagle, and so ugliness is unpredictable, and offers an infinite range of possibility.
Beauty is finite, ugliness is infinite like God.

— Umberto Eco; On The History Of Ugliness


@темы: with serpents for arms the lovers are the hydra of the tale

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17.03.2016 в 19:37

you deserve all the love in the fucking world
никак не начну читать
18.03.2016 в 05:08

the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
BlackPolly, я закончила книга про красоту, до этой тоже пока не добралась. но какой же эко крутой!
20.03.2016 в 15:11

you deserve all the love in the fucking world
maiden and war, мне очень нравятся его эссе на тему этики
21.03.2016 в 05:45

the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
BlackPolly, я как раз сейчас их штудирую)
21.03.2016 в 19:46

you deserve all the love in the fucking world
maiden and war, мир тесен :lol: