Quotes About Elegance

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

She wanted an Italian sports car - with the sport still in it.

Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.

Things should be as simple as possible and no simpler.

Keep everything as simple as possible but no simpler.

Hours before his death in 1955 from a ruptured abdominal aortic ayeurysm, Albert Einstein's doctors proposed trying a new and unproven surgery as a final option for extending his life. Einstein refused. I have done my share, he said. It is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

Das Schönste, was wir erleben können, ist das Geheimnisvolle

A scientific theory should be as simple as possible, but no simpler

I admire the elegance of his calculation method; it must be great to ride those fields on the horse of genuine mathematics while we have to do our hard work on foot

Make things as simple as possible but no simpler

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler

Everything should be kept as simple as possible, but not simpler.

She was accustomed in London to associate only with first-rate people who liked first-rate things, and she knew that there were very, very few first-rate things in the world, and that those were mostly French.

Champagne has the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife.

What I glory in is the civilized, middle way between stink and asepsis. Give me a little musk, a little intoxicating feminine exhalation, the bouquet of old wine and strawberries, a lavender bag under every pillow and potpourri in the corners of the drawing-room. Readable books, amusing conversation, civilized women, graceful art and dry vintage, music, with a quiet life and reasonable comfort?—that's all I ask for.

He always clothed his thoughts in elegant expressions, for a word said well was akin to a gold apple in a goblet of transparent sardonyx, and that was why the words of the wise were as sharp as needles, and as strong as nails, and their creators were all from the same stock.

Fanno delle cose, le donne, alle volte, che c'è da rimanerci secchi. Potresti passare una vita a provarci: ma non saresti capace di avere quella leggerezza che hanno loro, alle volte. Sono leggere dentro. Dentro.