He despised the esthetic of minimalism.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

MacAlister, answered Stephen, would call my esthetic theory applied.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference

MacAlister, answered Stephen, would call my esthetic theory applied Aquinas.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]

MacAlister, answered Stephen, would call my esthetic theory applied Aquinas.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]

I'd never seen "esthetic" before, so I supposed it was an optional US variant.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE CRACK.] Reference

If "esthetic" is the British spelling and "aesthetic" the American spelling, it's quite odd.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE CRACK.] Reference

Slightly off-topic, but am I the only one who doesn't like "esthetic" instead of "aesthetic"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE CRACK.] Reference

I believe "esthetic" is the preferred British spelling, "aesthetic" the preferred American spelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE CRACK.] Reference

Rand uses "esthetic" in Fountainhead and it was first published in NY in 1943 by Bobbs-Merrill Company.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE CRACK.] Reference

You can look at it as a kind of esthetic psycho-therapy, not just for the filmmaker but for his country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waltz With Bashir] Reference

MoMA fancies itself an arbiter of esthetic quality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art: Kitsch As Kitsch Can] Reference

The "Torqued Spirals" take this ingenious esthetic further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sculpture For The Soul] Reference

Crow's nest: Gehry's new esthetic was totally southern California.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Maverick Master] Reference

Not all illustrators come to the computer via an esthetic epiphany.    From Wordnik.com.  [Throw Out The Brushes] Reference

I find it very difficult to argue with esthetic criticism of my work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brilliance Or Bust] Reference

The style is a sort of engineering esthetic, with a clean, industrial look.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good, The Bad, The Boring] Reference

The attraction of recycled wearables is often more political than esthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cool Caps] Reference

How will Browne adapt his handmade esthetic to the demands of a wider market?.    From Wordnik.com.  [SUITS US IF IT SUITS HIM] Reference

In her Dionysian esthetic she had no patience for films that were "good for you.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Passion Of Pauline] Reference

No wonder he chafes at the term: high tech has come to mean a heartless, icy esthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Future, Italian Style] Reference

Bloom scorns to defend great books for their "relevance"; their only value is esthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Naughty! Haughty! It's Anti-Multi-Culti!] Reference

"" It's an esthetic riddle, '' Michael Naumann, Silvers's publisher, says of the medium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Of The Many Many, One] Reference

Few esthetic experiences match the focused intensity of Bayreuth, and few are so rewarding.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Wagner, All The Time] Reference

Bearden was wakened from his esthetic torpor by the civilrights movement of the early 1960s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unsentimental Journey] Reference

Consumer electronics follows the science-fiction esthetic: grow smaller, curvier and shinier.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's New And Nifty] Reference

He described his esthetic as a "nice, undercooked look -- nothing too fake, nothing too rich.".    From Wordnik.com.  [American Taste Maker] Reference

Its esthetic legacy can be traced through Edward Gorey, Tim Burton and every neo-Goth in town. 3.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movies: Guillermo Del Toro] Reference

When they succeed it bolsters tax rolls, improves cities 'esthetic appeal and slows suburban sprawl.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rare Win For A City] Reference

"" Of course we are interested in Asia, but what ultimately comes out is a cross-cultural esthetic. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killing Off Kipling] Reference

Ironically, that didn't go well because my esthetic was so different from the current look of the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Journey to the Top] Reference

"The Matrix" had just arrived, and suddenly martial arts was the reigning action esthetic in American movies.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's The Year Of The Dragon] Reference

Since the show is based on politics, not esthetic style, it is necessarily a jarring mix of Beckmann-to-Albers-to-Ernst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exiles On Main St.] Reference

The esthetic recalls China's treaty ports, the trading cities forced open to Western commerce and missionaries in the 19th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Of Mao Zedong Chic] Reference

Though not quite as much of a scene, the Rex Hotel's rooftop bar is the best place to get the full feel for Saigon's changing esthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funky Towns] Reference