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Beauty Quotes

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"Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed."
George Henry Lewes
"Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed."
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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 define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be."
Bob Dylan
"I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be."
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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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"Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it."
Liv Tyler
"Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it."
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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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"The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!"
Edmund Waller
"The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!"
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"Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth."
Marston Morse
"Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth."
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"A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round."
Edmund Waller
"A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round."
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"The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web."
Edwin Way Teale
"The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web."
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"Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time."
Diane Kruger
"Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time."
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"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone."
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"Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress."
Coco Chanel
"Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress."
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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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"Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more."
Eva Herzigova
"Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more."
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"Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally."
Donna Rice
"Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally."
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"Beauty is in the heart of the beholder."
H. G. Wells
"Beauty is in the heart of the beholder."
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"The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers."
Roy Ayers
"The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers."
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"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is."
Nadine Gordimer
"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is."
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"If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents."
Robert Browning
"If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents."
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"I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty."
Rufus Wainwright
"I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty."
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"You are the most magnificent flower. Your beauty is immeasurable and incredible. The universe created you with all of her love and power to see herself in you."
Debasish Mridha
"You are the most magnificent flower. Your beauty is immeasurable and incredible. The universe created you with all of her love and power to see herself in you."
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"Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look."
Martha Beck
"Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look."
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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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"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."
Michelangelo
"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."
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"Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter."
David Byrne
"Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter."
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"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference."
Fanny Brice
"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference."
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"Beauty is whatever gives joy."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Beauty is whatever gives joy."
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"Beauty is not just physical."
Halle Berry
"Beauty is not just physical."
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"Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant."
Douglas Horton
"Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant."
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"I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop."
Jenifer Lewis
"I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop."
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"You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it."
Edward James Olmos
"You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it."
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"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."
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"Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty."
Stephen Hawking
"Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty."
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"Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness."
Ouida
"Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness."
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"From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers."
Lucretius
"From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers."
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"And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food."
Joan Collins
"And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food."
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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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"Jesus is saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves."
Anne Lamott
"Jesus is saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves."
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"Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man."
Hans Urs von Balthasar
"Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man."
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"In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty."
Phil Ochs
"In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty."
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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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"The beauty of a thought is true science fiction."
Debasish Mridha
"The beauty of a thought is true science fiction."
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"The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities."
Pat Metheny
"The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities."
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"So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing."
Michael Stipe
"So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing."
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"Orange?" He seems unconvinced."Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's what you told me once."
Suzanne Collins
"Orange?" He seems unconvinced."Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's what you told me once."
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"Sculpture is the art of the intelligence."
Pablo Picasso
"Sculpture is the art of the intelligence."
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"Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder."
John Zimmerman
"Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder."
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"I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie."
Allison Janney
"I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie."
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"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied."
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied."
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