Quotation by

Walter Benjamin

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.

Beauty

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Walter Benjamin suggests that combining happiness with beauty might overwhelm or diminish the unique value of beauty itself. He implies that beauty’s impact is strongest when it remains separate from the emotional state of happiness.

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