Quotes About Elegance

He makes a swan-like end, fading in music.

Shall i compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate

Beauty itself doth of itself persuadeThe eyes of men without an orator.

And smooth as monumental alabaster.

Makes a swanlike end,Fading in music.

He hath a daily beauty in his life.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.

Nature is perfect.

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.

The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.

A Fourth Turning brings new interest in the rational and classical, in simplicity, restraint, and decorum—while gender-related fashions begin to reformalize and return to elegance.

A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.

Autumn lingered on as if fond of its own perfection.

Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl

If you would dance, my pretty Count, I'll play the tune on my little guitar..

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

Anything forced is not beautiful

When a horse wants to display himself...he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.

It's the most beautiful disappearance ever.

The supple line of his jaw and the fixed plane of his collarbone functioned together like a precisely calibrated instrument that seemed to become a separate living thing as we watched.

His ironing seemed highly rational, with a constant speed that allowed him to get the best results, with the least effort; all the economy and elegance of his mathematical proofs performed right there on the ironing board. The Professor was definitely the best man for this job, we had to admit, since the tablecloth was made of delicate lace.

The truly correct proof is one that strikes a harmonious balance between strength and flexibility. There are plenty of proofs that are technically correct but are messy and inelegant or counterintuitive. But it's not something you can put into words—explaining why a formula is beautiful is like trying to explain why the stars are beautiful.

the one, true unique beauty is woman. The rest, all the rest, exists simply to adorn her.