Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it. - Sigmund Freud (Civilization And Its Discontents Quotes)

Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.[Ein Nutzen der Schönheit liegt nicht klar zutage, ihre kulturelle Notwendigkeit ist nicht einzusehen, und doch könnte man sie in der Kultur nicht vermissen.]

Source:(W. W. Norton, ed. 1962), Chapter II, Page 2
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