Like a bird of paradise (Patreon)

“The pursuit of beauty. The word is hard to articulate. As soon as you  open your moth, it flies off, like a bird of paradise. Beauty can not be  caught, but we are obliged to reach for it. Beauty is not neutral;  pursuing it is a political act. Building is a grand act, a gesture  toward peace, the opposite of destruction.”     
 ―       Renzo Piano,     Atlantis: A Journey in Search of Beauty