The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful?
Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art.
For many artists the universe is expanding; for some it is contracting.
Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control
Visiting a museum is a matter of going from void to void.
The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.
Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
Strength of the mind is more powerful than strength of the muscles.
The Master lives within everyone. When you give food to the one who is starving, when you give water to the one who is thirsty, when you cover the one who is cold, you give your love to the Master.
Information without execution is poverty.