Alexander Lernet-Holenia Professions : Poet Born : October 21, 1897 Died : July 3, 1976 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Alexander Lernet-Holenia Without a doubt the sense of beauty does not lie determined in the concreteness of an individual beautiful thing or person. Rather its purpose is much more the enchantment of the soul, for there is nothing physical that is not made with the intent of affecting the soul, and there is no soul that does not intend to dazzle everything physical with its sensations. Alexander Lernet-Holenia soul beautiful lying Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors