Quotes About Beauty

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me, a modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

...most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber!...

And the night shall be filled with music...

You look beautiful today. Is that a new Instagram filter you're wearing?

With innovation and technology, seems we have forgotten to cherish the true beauty the world has to offer.

I'm a butterfly that's hurt its wings against a hard world to-night.

How beautiful and ugly is this world, producer of patchwork hearts — torn by civilized days, mended in nature and solitude — some weaker at the seams than others.

The stars, like many other things, are only romantic from a distance.

I did nothing but comfort my plants, till now their small green cheeks are covered with smiles.

Flowers grow in inches, but are destroyed by feet.

Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts.

Whoever makes a garden Has oh so many friends: The glory of the morning, The dew when daylight ends, And rain and wind and sunshine And dew and fertile sod, For he who makes a garden Works hand in hand with God.

As a child she'd kept a copy of Evangeline in her pocket. She'd go down by the riverside and read it until she cried her eyes out... She thought the two words — primeval forest — that's often in that book, were the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Words are peculiar that way, full of overtones and memories and semantic subtleties. It's an old game to pick the most beautiful, or the most unpleasant, words in the language. Playing it, some people have chosen "cellar door" as the most beautiful combination of sounds, with liquid consonants and soft vowels.

the warm seed of life the green stem of living sweet carpe-diem flowers

If a butterfly lands on your shoulder, don't wait until later to enjoy it.

...all which we behold Is full of blessings...

...i breathe a reverie'd ether of beauty i drown in fantasy too deep i love on the edges of souls i sleep on the shores of night...

Stars encircle me when your lips lean down to mine, there is the sound of many waters falling. There is the murmur of a million nightingales, — and the flash of brilliant lightning.

I could see the moon a million times and it would never lose its magic. You could kiss me in a billion ways, every last one would be romantic.

I could walk forever and a mile with one beautiful girl.

To the daisy — the poet's darling.

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses...

Makeup and clothing and all that should be a fun way to be creative and express yourself. Just like in nature, where birds have all the colors. But instead, it's all focused on the aesthetics of being attractive to men. Even if you really don't think it is that, that's what we're doing.