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The closer he draws to the Overself's beauty, the more will he feel the necessity of linking it with his physical circumstances; the more will his taste, senses, outlook, and desires become refined. His home and clothes, his furniture and speech, even his diet, will begin to improve aesthetically and be touched by a delicate grace. An environment that is dirty and ugly may be an ascetics's delight but it will not be his: it will, in fact, affront his finer feelings.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 1 : Appreciation > # 112