A Quote by Henry van de Velde

Beauty is the result of clarity and system and not of optical illusion.

Henry van de Velde

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Beauty Clarity Illusion Optical Result System

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Henry van de Velde
Belgian - Painter
April 3, 1863 - October 25, 1957

My favorite word is clarity...clarity...clarity. And the critical clarity is what is the transformation that is going to take place in the customer's life or work when they buy and use your product? And how profound is that? How important is that? You know the old saying, "If you could come up with a cure for cancer you'd be a billionaire by the end of the week" because of that profound result.

Brian Tracy

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our separation from each other is an optical illusion.

Albert Einstein

The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion of our consciousness.

Albert Einstein

There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

Jenna Marbles

There’s no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

Jenna Marbles

Time is an optical illusion- never quite as soild or strong as we think it is

Jodi Picoult

The boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion

Donna J. Haraway

The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.

Victor Hugo

I had to learn how to dress and create an optical illusion where you're more slender.

Lydia Hearst

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

Conan O'Brien

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.

George Oppen

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

Tom Holt

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

Vladimir Kramnik

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.