Quotation by

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Beauty

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Appreciating something as beautiful shows that a person has good taste. Actually making something beautiful, on the other hand, requires skill and creativity, which is what art is about.

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