• There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

  Edmond de Goncourt
  French writer and critic 1822-1896
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1. definitions
2. abominable
3. consider

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There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable. by : Edmond de Goncourt

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