The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity…

Rudolf Arnheim
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The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1974). Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order, p.50, Univ of California Press
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The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1974). Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order, p.50, Univ of California Press

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