“Beauty is, in some way, boring” – Quote by Umberto Eco

„Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages... a beautiful object must always follow certain rules. A beautiful nose shouldn't be longer than that or shorter than that, on the contrary, an ugly nose can be as long as the one of Pinocchio, or as big as the trunk of an elephant, or like the beak of an eagle, and so ugliness is unpredictable, and offers an infinite range of possibility. Beauty is finite, ugliness is infinite like God.“

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Umberto Eco was an Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor.

Umberto Eco contrasts beauty and ugliness, portraying ugliness as more varied and unpredictable.


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Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was a renowned Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician, and professor of semiotics. He is best known for his novel "The Name of the Rose" and his work on cultural and media theory.

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