The famous lines ‘Beauty is Truth; Truth is Beauty emphasizes the identity of beauty and truth. The poet tries to emphasize the identity of beauty and truth, as according to him real beauty lies in truth-anything which is not true and is false cannot be called beautiful. Philosophically the saying holds good in all walks of human life: arts, social behavior, material existence, aesthetic universality, religious unity, human oneness, etc. All these represent truth and they are beautiful only when truly represented and manifested. However, enchanting from the outside, falsehood is ugly inside-one way or the other it leaves a bad taste in the mouth and a sting in the mind. What is not true or good can never really be beautiful though it may have superficial attraction.

The poetic saying emphasizes the identity of beauty and truth. According to it, only truth represents beauty, a fact which all humans should take note of in all their day-today life, human and social dealings, actions and works of art. There are such things as acted truths and acted lies and these have effect human life as importantly as those which arise from the spoken or the written word. Truth and falsehood are qualities that belong to the work of our hands as well as the words of our lips and are often more eloquent to the eye than the words can be to the ears. They are expressed by our whole personalities, by our characters, by our conduct, by our general talk and conversation in the world. Great truths are often communicated by works of art: literature, sculpture, architecture, painting, films or other effective media understood by humans.

Every portrait painted is either a truth or a lie or a mixture of the two. Its beauty depends on the degree of truth, and honesty depicted in it. It also represents the character of the painter. An artist who puts his heart and soul in his work and applies true tones of color, theme and dedication, is able to produce a beautiful piece. Truth is, in other words, a value, not residing inertly in the lives that manifest it or the words that speak it, but operating valuably, and so making a difference for the better to every mind which accepts it - in contrast to a lie which makes a difference for the worse.