...century Scottish philosopher David Hume wrote. "Beauty is no quality in things themselves; it exists in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty" (Minor 94, 95). Hume said art is whatever we individually think it is. It becomes a matter of taste....

...Hungerford in 1878, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and David Hume in 1757, "Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which...them; and each mind perceives a different beauty." But is this true? Is everyone's idea of beauty distinctly individual, or is there a template laid down...

...lies in the artwork itself and those like Hume (1757: 6) who believe that "beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which...them; and each mind perceives a different beauty." We identify three ways in which beauty of a work of art can be evaluated: as an attribute of the work,...

...beauty, and his thesis is as true now as it was 250 years ago. As Hume said, 'Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which...contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.'1 And that's how I know when a shot is beautiful and when to call a game beautiful!" Jim unexpectedly...

...all hope of success in such an attempt," — a philosophy which says — " Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which...and every individual ought to acquiesce in his own sentiments, without pretending to regulate those of others. To seek the real Beauty or the real deformity...