Goethe on The Sense of the Beautiful

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Have you heard some music (and/or made some), read any poetry or seen a fine picture today yet? Go listen/read/see if you haven't yet. It's not too late.

Isn't it strange that for all the technological leaps and bounds we've made in the past centuries since Goethe died, life is still the same in certain ways? There are still the same worldly cares...and the same cures - music, poetry, art. Something that elevates you above the tedium.

Today was one of those days I really needed to focus on the sense of the beautiful.

To listening to music, reading poetry and looking at art every day and to maintaining our sense of the beautiful.