Proper grammar: 生活 中 不是 缺少 美 ，而是 缺少 发现的? This grammar page lists the following example:


  生活 中 不是 缺少 美 ，而是 缺少 发现 美 的 眼睛 。
  
  Shēnghuó zhōng bù shì quēshǎo měi, ér shì quēshǎo fāxiàn měi de
  yǎnjing.


Would it be correct grammar to omit the 美 and 眼睛? In other words, would the grammar be correct, and the meaning preserved, with this statement:


  生活 中 不是 缺少 美 ，而是 缺少 发现的
Basically, you can't omit 美 and 眼睛, because they are the essential parts for understanding. Without them, the sentence becomes ungrammatical and incomprehensible. Original sentence is saying: we are not short of things with beauty, but the eye that can discover them.