In Pursuit of Elegance

If we consider elegance as “the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance” it can be a controversial issue since this quality will change from person to person, from society to society. The author of the book gives four inseparable elements of elegance: seduction, symmetry, subtraction and sustainability. I think they are very disputable. Seduction is not always in symmetry and subtraction. Sometimes asymmetric things are more attractive than symmetric (there is much prove about it in art and architecture, for example). I agree that missing parts or something so far unknown can grab people’s attention. However this missing part must be completed as a result to feel satisfaction in perfection. That’s why many people like reading detective stories. They grab your attention, you implement different assumptions, make up conclusions but still you want to know the end of the story, you don’t want to invent the end because IT IS NOT YOUR STORY. As for me perfect things are complete. Genius is in simplicity but not perfection. Perfection is unreachable, insurmountable and untouched. There is only one place to feel complete satisfaction and it surely is not here. I pity people who say” I am satisfied with my life” instead of “I am grateful for the life I have”. In my opinion to value every breath and try to do what you can this very moment is more important than to have a feeling that you have already done everything.

Elegance must be present in everything we do because when you are neat and careful in your actions and words  you can lead harmonious life. This is my perception of elegance.