Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,Then beauty is its own excuse for beingWhy thou wert there, O rival of the roseI never sought to ask, I never knewBut, in my simple ignorance supposeThe selfsame power that brought me there brought you.
Summary
This quote suggests that beauty exists for the sake of being beautiful, without any need for explanation or justification. The speaker muses on the presence of another person, whom they consider to be a rival to a rose in terms of beauty. They admit their ignorance about why they and the other person exist, but assume that they both came into being through some universal power that is responsible for creating beauty. The quote celebrates the notion that beauty is inherent and does not require any further reasoning or purpose beyond its existence.
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