a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts

There are also many other irrelevant parameters. A thing isn't beautiful because it's pressurized, biodegradable, scheduled, dusty, reversed, volatile, modular, or rubber. However, beautiful things should last, because that would be better.

Wait, was that a Picard quote, in fact? It has the right tone. (Nope, looks like it's from Age of Ultron.)