Definition of Naivete

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Definition of Naivete
	Naivete Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness. Related Definitions: Artlessness, Ingenuousness, Native, Or, Plainness, Simplicity, Unaffected

Naivete Quotations

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.
Friedrich Nietzsche

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
Henri Matisse

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't want to abandon, not even now.
Jock Sturges

I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a "mature" record means.
Ian Williams

I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity.
Jeffrey Combs

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