"The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing." ― Walter Benjamin Topic(s): Beauty More From Walter Benjamin "Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom." "The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope." "The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out." More In Beauty "There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness."― Charles Baudelaire "It’s not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer."― Robert Plant "That’s the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn’t make any difference where the theme comes from; the treatment of it can be jazz."― Dave Brubeck