1. There are many beautiful things in living reality, or, to be more precise, all beautiful things can only be included in living reality. ——[Russian] Belinsky, quoted from "Western Aestheticians on Beauty and Beauty", page 220
2. Hibiscus comes out of clear water, and the carvings are naturally removed. ——Tang Li Bai
Vernacular: Like the hibiscus flower just emerging from the clear water, it is simple and bright, without any carving or decoration.
3. Natural beauty is only beautiful for other objects. That is to say, it is beautiful for us and for the aesthetic consciousness. ——[Germany] Hegel
4. The real and highest beauty is the beauty that people encounter in the real world, not the beauty created by art. ——[Russian] Chernyshevsky's "Life and Aesthetics" page 11
5. Natural beauty also acquires a characteristic by inspiring moods and matching moods. ——[Germany] Hegel
6. The beauty of artistic creation is lower than that of reality not only because the impression caused by reality is more vivid than the impression caused by artistic creation. From an aesthetic point of view, Artistic creation is also inferior to the beautiful things in reality, just as it is inferior to the sublime, tragic and comic things in reality. ——[Russian] Chernyshevsky's "Life and Aesthetics" page 109
7. A natural beauty is a beautiful thing, but artistic beauty is the appearance or presentation of a beautiful image of a thing. depict. ——[Germany] Section 48 of Kant's "Critique of Judgment", quoted from page 389 of "History of Western Aesthetics"
8. The art of beauty shows its superiority in that it places nature in nature. Ugly or unpleasant things are described beautifully. ——[Germany] Section 48 of Kant's "Critique of Judgment", quoted from page 389 of "History of Western Aesthetics" 9. Really beautiful things must be consistent with nature on the one hand, and consistent with ideals on the other . ——[Germany] Schiller "On Naive Poetry and Sentimental Poetry", quoted from "Classical Literary Theory Translation Series" Issue 2, page 23
10. The beauty of art is higher than nature. Because artistic beauty is the beauty produced and regenerated by the soul, and the soul and its products are higher than nature and its phenomena, so artistic beauty is higher than natural beauty.
——[Germany] Hegel