# Aesthetic_and_non-Aesthetic_perception_by_Sibley  ## Metadata - Author: [[readwise.io]] - Full Title: Aesthetic_and_non-Aesthetic_perception_by_Sibley - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - URL: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/249397045 ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > It is of importance to note first that, broadly speaking, aesthetics deals with a kind of perception. People have to see the grace or unity of a work, hear the plaintiveness or frenzy in the music, notice the gaudiness of colour scheme, feel the power of a novel, its mood, or its uncertainty of tone. They may be struck by these qualities at once, or they may come to perceive them only after repeated viewings, hearings, or readings, and with the help of critics. But unless they do perceive them for themselves, aesthetic enjoyment, apprecia- tion, and judgement are beyond them. Merely to learn from others, on good authority, that the music is serene, the play moving, or the picture unbalanced is of little aesthetic value; the crucial thing is to see, hear, or feel. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jf070cyzgyggbegrf25gcjjn))