I've been thinking upon this subject lately; is beauty truly as subjective as everyone says? You always hear "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," but is it? I've heard in the past of people "pursuing beauty." To pursue beauty, to chase after the "essence" of beauty, is idealism, is it not? What are your thoughts on this topic?

I have no idea what you aare talking about. But... if you mean, is beauty on the in or outside. Id say both.

In-side -
You dont want to be horrible inside, people who have good personalities, and what not.

Out-side -
This is important just as much as In-side beauty. I hate people that say it means nothing. Its good to like pretty, but beauty cant be beauty if its not actractive.

Look at a train wreck. You cant tell me its beauty, coz it doesnt look nice, where as a perfect shiny train would be beautiful in some cases.

That's not exactly what I meant. What I meant was; do you think beauty is objective (there's a universal standard) or subjective (relative/opinionated)?

Hm... I haven't really thought much about this but I'll throw my two cents in anyway.

I think Beauty, in the true sense of the word, is objective. I think that there is a universal standard of beauty that exists for all of us. I'm not sure if everyone appreciates true Beauty, though. They make it subjective with statements such as "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." I think that sort of mentality cheapens Beauty, and it should not be assumed. For example, nature is beautiful, but some people would look at a sunset or the Grand Canyon or a majestic mountain and say, "Eh, that's not for me." I believe that those things are truly beautiful and the reason that the naysayers are opinionated the way they are is because they have become wrapped up in the mentality that beauty is subjective, and they are too preoccupied with "their version" of beauty to appreciate the finer things.