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Beauty Quotes

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"The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist."
David Hockney
"The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist."
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"For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer."
Xenophon
"For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer."
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"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
John Muir
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
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"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
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"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."
Petrarch
"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."
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"Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all."
Luis Barragan
"Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all."
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"Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards."
Saskya Pandita
"Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards."
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"For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm."
Edwin Way Teale
"For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm."
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"Order is the shape upon which beauty depends."
Pearl S. Buck
"Order is the shape upon which beauty depends."
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"The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, with no apparatus and no dependence on anything other than space."
Ruth St. Denis
"The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, with no apparatus and no dependence on anything other than space."
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"Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong."
Adriana Lima
"Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong."
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"Beauty is first and foremost an emotion."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"Beauty is first and foremost an emotion."
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"I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within."
Christy Turlington
"I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within."
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"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."
Walt Whitman
"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."
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"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."
Henry Rollins
"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."
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"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works."
John Keats
"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works."
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"Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me."
Stephen Collins
"Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me."
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"What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible."
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
"What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible."
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"Beauty is less important than quality."
Eugene Ormandy
"Beauty is less important than quality."
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"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."
Hunter S. Thompson
"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."
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"We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life."
David Amram
"We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life."
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"Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness."
Hans Urs von Balthasar
"Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness."
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"The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory."
Harrison Ford
"The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory."
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"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."
Phyllis Diller
"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."
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"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness."
Maria Mitchell
"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness."
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"Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior."
Candice Bergen
"Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior."
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"The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men."
Michel de Montaigne
"The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men."
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"This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended."
Pam Grier
"This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended."
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"All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim."
Christopher Morley
"All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim."
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"When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out."
Christy Turlington
"When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out."
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"Beauty is a fragile gift."
Ovid
"Beauty is a fragile gift."
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"A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language."
Gaston Bachelard
"A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language."
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"Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head and her lips were parted."
John Steinbeck
"Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head and her lips were parted."
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"To find beauty, look above the boundaries of conformity."
Debasish Mridha
"To find beauty, look above the boundaries of conformity."
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"The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations."
Robert Caro
"The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations."
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"Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God."
Jean Anouilh
"Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God."
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"I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied."
Julia Margaret Cameron
"I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied."
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"In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty regimen around Britney Spears - she might lick your face off!"
Joel McHale
"In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty regimen around Britney Spears - she might lick your face off!"
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"The more people explore the world, the more they realize in every country there's a different aesthetic. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder."
Helena Christensen
"The more people explore the world, the more they realize in every country there's a different aesthetic. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder."
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"As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker."
Annie Dillard
"As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker."
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"Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me."
Gwyneth Paltrow
"Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me."
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"Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you."
Suzanne Collins
"Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness...except possibly when it comes to you."
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"The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain."
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"There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth."
June Jordan
"There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth."
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"Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail."
Robert Motherwell
"Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail."
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"There is a kind of beauty in imperfection."
Conrad Hall
"There is a kind of beauty in imperfection."
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"I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance."
Pam Grier
"I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance."
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"But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality."
Roger Penrose
"But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality."
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"Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about."
Thomas Moore
"Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about."
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"I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."
Jennifer Lopez
"I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."
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