"Life is short and the art long; the occasion fleeting, experience fallacious and judgement difficult." — HIPPOCRATES

In our search for worthwhile works of art, we will constantly encounter the question of beauty. This is not a word which permits a single, direct definition. It is tinted on all sides by individual ideas, moods, tastes, lives. Yet you must have some tangible guides as to what is beautiful, and consequently what to look for as you start, and build, your collection.