A man brings his peculiar habits of thought and feeling to the contemplation of objects, and the aesthetic impression produced is coloured by these predispositions.

Thus, a person of a sad and gloomy cast of mind will be disposed to see a sombre beauty where other eyes see nothing of the kind.

And then there are all the effects of temporary conditions of the imagination and the feelings.
Thus, the individual mind may be focussed in a certain way through the suggestion of another.

People not seldom see a thing to be beautiful because they are told that it is so.

It might not be well to inquire too curiously how many of the frequenters of the annual art exhibitions use their own eyes in framing their aesthetic judgments.