Man sees meaning in the universe, but it is not merely intellectual. The symmetry and order and grace he observes in a rose or in a galaxy of stars is more than just intelligible; it is enjoyable. The symbols he uses to communicate meaning to others are not mere intellectual tools, but pleasurable ones also. He uses poetry and drama, painting and sculpture, music, all the various art and literary forms to express meaning in ways that are truly beautiful. In both nature and art we see unity in diversity, harmony and rhythm in the concrete, the splendor of order manifesting the truth and goodness and unity of material things, and symbolizing thereby man's search for Truth, Goodness, Beauty Itself.
[James Royce, Man and Meaning, McGraw-Hill (New York: 1969) p, 222.]
