"There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows."
— Albrecht Dürer

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in Mathematics, Education and Philosophy: An International Perspective (1994) by Paul Ernest — This has also been quoted or misquoted as "There lives no man upon the earth who can give a final judgement upon what the most beautiful shape of man might be; God only knows that".