“In a dispassionate view the ardour for reform, improvement for virtue, for knowledge, and even beauty is only a vein sticking up… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“There's no denying his resemblance to the Rodin bronze - the slender, effortless muscularity of youth, the extravagant nonchalance of it; that… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
To me, beauty and sadness are very closely linked. Truly beautiful things make me sad because I know they are going to… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
“She's it. She's my everything. She's the standard by which I'll judge beauty for the rest of my life. I'll measure every… — Jeff Zentner Copy Share Image
Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. 'Thinking in Numbers' is not about an… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
The child awakens to a universe. The mind of the child to a world of meaning. Imagination to a world of beauty.… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Because I am married to a surgeon, I do Botox and I do some fillers. But I truly believe that the best… — Heather Dubrow Copy Share Image
“The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“They that have beauty, let them be thankful for it, and make a good use of it, like any other talent; they… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
The beauty of the innovation that flows from the open web is that no one has to ask for permission, get a… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Beauty comes in all forms; what is beauty to you may not be the same for someone else, like the saying goes… — Josephine Copy Share Image
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
“Don't be a reflection of your depression, your dark, or your ugly. Reflect what you want. Your light, your beauty, & your… — Tiffany Luard Copy Share Image
“Some young women confuse their self-worth with their ability to attract the attention of men, and so pour all their energies into… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“«Who are you?» whispered the Prince, trying to support those eyes. «Surely you have something special in addition to beauty,» continued she.… — Chiara Cilli Copy Share Image
“I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
“There was a certain beauty in waiting. This is why he didn’t immediately put his hands on her. Even though every fiber… — Riley Murphy Copy Share Image
“Intoxicate me with the beauty and breath of your soul. Leave such imprints on my heart that you come to me in… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
Each religion has helped mankind. Paganism increased in man the light of beauty, the largeness and height of his life, his aim… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
“The symbol of the Lotus flower gives a precious teaching that can inspire us to deal with life in the best possible… — Dorotea Brandin Copy Share Image
The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women...… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
“My boys don't always come home from school ready to dish about the day. But if I'm patient, little details will reveal… — Rachel Balducci Copy Share Image
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“I learned long ago that I couldn't stop it, but if I began to believe the stories, I would become as lost… — Mary Lindsey Copy Share Image
“Singeth” wasn’t just a highfalutin flourish deployed to lend a sense of elevation and elegance to Shakespeare’s writings; “singeth” was a normal,… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
“If you can master me, that look seemed to say, then you can master whatever else this wicked world might bring. I… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Last summer I was staying at a house in Hampshire which was famous for the brilliance and the originality of its gardens.… — Beverley Nichols Copy Share Image
“People have seen that I intend to sweep away everything we have been taught to consider - without question - as grace… — Jean Dubuffet Copy Share Image
The most beautiful conception of immortality of which I know, and certainly one that by contrast shows the utter vulgarity of Christian… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
The way I played music there was the way I wanted to farm, chop wood, cook, make love, raise children. Everything. A… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Lucien drew female eyes wherever he went. It wasn't just his height, or his Viking beauty, or his broad shoulders. The man… — Kitty French Copy Share Image
Art is beauty, and every exposition of art, whether it be music, painting, or the drama, should be subservient to that one… — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
“Most propositions and questions, that have been written about philosophical matters, are not false, but senseless. ... (They are of the same… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“For our face and body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt not pity… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
The word beauty is unavoidable … it accounts for my decision to photograph … There appeared a quality, beauty seemed the only… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“The slow arrow of beauty. The most noble kind of beauty is that which does not carry us away suddenly, whose attacks… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“ In A.D. 1223 an infant was born, clutching a jewel in her tiny fist. Her peasant father ran to the castle… — Lynne Ewing Copy Share Image