Quotes About Elegance

How delicate her feet who shuns the ground, Stepping a-tiptoe on the heads of men.

The only man who could make a love scene comfortable was Clark Gable. He was born graceful, he knew what to do with his feet and when he took hold of you, there was no fooling around.

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an orator.

A man who relentlessly perspires to be excellent evidently inspires many with his intelligence and elegance.

A great ruff brushed his firm jaw; his supple prowl had become a conscious elegance, as though he had put on majesty as a whore puts on paint, as a mask and as a weapon.

You're not quite sure what it means but the words are so beautiful you know it must be profound.

Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.

It was on the 1958 tour that Ellington met Queen Elizabeth II in London. 'Struck speechless' by her grace, he responded with one of his most elegant gestures, writing with Strayhorn a piece called 'The Queen's Suite', then recording it and having a single copy of the album pressed for her alone.

I belong to those for whom the superfluous is necessary.

Queen Mary, too, remained faithful to the pre-First World War opulence approved of by her husband. Whatever else might change, one could always be sure of Queen Mary's toques, ankle-length skirts, lace parasols and long, pointed shoes.

gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance, giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character.

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky.

To be simple is to be great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. —C.A.R. Hoare, The 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture How

A Dandy is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes.

The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer. Elegant splendor reawakens our spirit's aching need for the infinite, a hunger for more than matter can provide.

Beauty is necessarily shrouded in mystery--which is part of its splendour.

You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity." —Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in physics

Southampton is for sporting rich; Bridgehampton is for nearly rich; East Hampton is for the very rich.

When I ride, I always like to look neat.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

I love turtlenecks; they are very chic, but I don't wear them very often because it bothers me to have something around the neck.

To complete my look, I like to add fun accessories such as a dainty necklace, bracelets and a ring.

Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it.