Quotes About Elegance

A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written.

...the feeling of mathematical beauty, of the harmony of numbers and of forms, of geometric elegance. It is a genuinely aesthetic feeling, which all mathematicians know

I think beauty has a lot to do with class. A bit of mystery. Rarity.

The foundation of beauty is the body.

What is beauty, but an extension of modesty?

Serenity of manners is the zenith of beauty.

Paris, like every pretty woman, is subject to inexplicable whims of beauty and ugliness.

Clothing should be quieter than the woman so that her true beauty can shine through.

Modest humility is beauty's crown.

Whatever is beautiful is also profitable.

A lovely lady, garmented in light From her own beauty.

I think there is beauty in everything.

Beauty is all about form; proportions and the relationships between one line and another.

Beauty is a rebellion against time.

And yet--it is not beauty that inspires the deepest passion. Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. Beauty, without expression, tires.

Beauty like hers is genius.

Style is to see beauty in modesty.

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Refinement creates beauty everywhere. It is the grossness of the spectator that discovers anything like grossness in the object.

In effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either.

Best and dearest flower that grows, / Perfect both to see and smell; / Words can never, never tell / Half the beauty of a Rose - .

Small price to pay for beauty.