“Works of art interest us in part because they represent things, tell stories about things, express ideas and emotions, convey meanings that are consciously intended, and to approach natural objects with similar expectations is to misunderstand them. It is also to miss the true source of their beauty which is their indepencene, their apartness, their capacity to show that the world contains things other than us, which are just as interesting as we are.”

Source: Beauty: A Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton