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Quotes About Beauty

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.
~ Stendhal
A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.
~ Stephan Hoeller
Prive?te: lumina e alb? ca pieptul p?s?rilor de mare
~ Stephan Roll
We were so tired of death and destruction," Colonel Reed said. "We wanted to do something beautiful.
~ Stephan Talty
The world, however bleak I have found it in the last few weeks, must nonetheless be formed of goodness, if but a few moments in Nature's company may suffice to renew one's health and mental aspect.
~ Stephanie Barron
I looked my fill upon this corner of the sceptre'd isle; saw, as with the eye of Heaven, the flocks of sheep like clouds against the pasturage, the rapid gallop of a distant horse, the tumbled stones of ancient habitation.
~ Stephanie Barron
Do me a favor, friend, and if you can get to a window this evening, watch the sun set for me? "So
~ Stephanie Bond
She summahs in Lake James, how mahvelous
~ Stephanie Clifford
of peace and love on a woman's face." Augusta's
~ Stephanie Grace Whitson
happy. I've never seen such a look of peace and love on a woman's face." Augusta's
~ Stephanie Grace Whitson
I'm only afraid of getting fat.
~ Stephanie Grant
A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway).
~ Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.
~ Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.
~ Alfred North Whitehead
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.
~ Auguste Rodin
An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation than in truth and beauty
~ Jaron Lanier
The only truth is music.
~ Jack Kerouac
Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.
~ David R. Brower
Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for today, constantly re-applying the truth of God's word to our own time and our contemporary situation.
~ Hans Rookmaaker
A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.
~ Maira Kalman
Truth, honesty, perseverance, strength, love of all kinds and forgiveness are all beautiful, Tack. The most beautiful stories ever told are the most difficult to take.
~ Kristen Ashley
The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
~ Laura Prepon
The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty
~ Michael Moorcock
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.
~ Mahatma Gandhi