"Beauty is in the object as perceived by the rational mind." AR
Apart from ones ability to appreciate it, there's really not much point in its existence accept to be there when one finally does discover it. The value of beauty rests in what it brings to those able to observe and appreciate it; therein lies the beauty of a rational mind.
Beauty is the just reward of those who seek it and find it, no less so those who through the expression of their art, give it concrete form.