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Beauty Quotes


"Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed."


"Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God."


"The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!"


"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."



"The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web."


"A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language."


"Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more."


"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is."


"If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents."


"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."


"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."


"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."


"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference."


"I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop."


"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."


"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."


"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."


"The beauty of a thought is true science fiction."


"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."


"Orange?" He seems unconvinced."Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's what you told me once."


"Sculpture is the art of the intelligence."


"Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder."


"I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie."


"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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