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Quotes About Elegance

Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
~ Mark Twain
A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs.
~ Archibald MacLeish
I would define... the Poetry of words as The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
~ N?g?rjuna
The most beautiful antiques are not found in stores.
~ WishHunt.com
...the height of sophistication is simplicity.
~ Ann Clare Boothe
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
What would you like, black or green?" "Green, please. It has an earthier taste." "What is you name?" "Leila. It means 'evening,' but I would rather have a morning name. I was at the other party, but I like your party better." "I see. Cup or mug?" "Cup, please. The best china. Gold-rimmed, no flowers. No cracks or chips. It's okay. I don't break things.
~ Grace Dane Mazur
Indian summer is like a woman.
~ Grace Metalious
He looked like a once-green leaf that had begun to dry and to reveal the structure of its veins.
~ Graham Joyce
and elegant women who filled the air with perfume and colour like the flowers in front of the Tuileries Palace" (pg. 85)
~ Graham Robb
Always be classy. Never be crazy.
~ Greg Behrendt
and it's the creation of Miss Virginia Rappe, a young woman who has lifted fashion designing to the plane of fine art.
~ Greg Merritt
Although she was in her sixties, Deborah Atlasia was an extremely attractive woman. Her smile radiated charm and grace, and she had a becoming self-assurance. She could fill an empty room with her smile. Her warmth carried over to her eyes. Jade recognized her eyes—they were Allander's down to the crow's-feet that wrinkled from the sides.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
Under Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine.
~ Guillaume Apollinaire
Ses mains alors s'épanouirent Comme des fleurs de soir et luirent, Ses yeux dont soudain s'éblouirent Les dormantes glaces d'effroi De voir bayer leur sombre dame, Princesse ou fée ou simple femme
~ Guillaume Apollinaire
Finally, she is dancing, truly dancing, across a submerged ballroom and fearing no misstep, for her partner has got her tight and will lead her anyplace she needs to go.
~ Guillermo del Toro
Vestía pantalones azules muy ajustados y un suéter de lana. Era fea como un escupitajo, pero muy elegante.
~ Guillermo Fadanelli
dijo otro- , nos traes a conocer a una dama, y apenas si con mucha dificultad se ven los dedos de la mano.
~ Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
La gloria! La gloria es un rayo de luna
~ Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Yo quisiera forjar para cada uno de vosotros una maravillosa estrofa tejida de frases exquisitas, en la que os pudiérais envolver con orgullo, como en un manto de púrpura. Yo quisiera poder cincelar la forma que ha de conteneros, como se cincela el vaso de oro que ha de guardar un preciado perfume.
~ Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Beauty is worth looking for.
~ Guy Consolmagno
The German starts by claiming: 'German is off course ze best language. It is ze language off logik and philosophy, and can commuicate viz great clarity and precision even ze most complex ideas.' 'Boeff,' shrugs the Frenchman, 'but French, French, it ees ze language of lurve! In French, we can convey all ze subtletees of romance weez elegance and flair.
~ Guy Deutscher
Even the birds above the lake Are singing of my love, And even the flowers along the shore Are growing for her sake. All the vines are ripening And the trees come into bud, For my love's footsteps passing by Are summoning the spring. Rian's stars in the night Shine more brightly over her, The god's moon and the goddess's Guard her with their light. Even the birds above the lake Are singing of my love, And even the flowers along the shore Are growing for her sake
~ Guy Gavriel Kay