Who said (something like) "practicality is its own beauty"?

November 22, 2008 8:36 AM

What is the actual quote and who said it? Practicality is its own beauty.

I've been trying to figure who said a quote similar to the one above. It is about beauty being an inherent follower to utility. The more useful something is, the more attractive it is.

The discussion came up because someone called my Suzuki V-Strom ugly but I think she's beautiful because she's a swiss army knife motorcycle, very good at nearly everything.

posted by fenriq to writing & language (2 comments total)

Louis Sullivan is credited with coining the phrase "form follows function"
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:09 AM on November 22, 2008

Beauty rests on utility was a Shaker credo.
posted by dhartung at 4:22 PM on November 22, 2008