Abstraction Quote by Camille Paglia

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

— Christian Dior

Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions…

— Paulo Coelho

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.

— Fernando J. Corbato

Elegance is something more than ease; it is more than a freedom from awkwardness or restraint. It implies, I conceive, a precision, a polish,…

— William Hazlitt

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober…

— Paulo Coelho

Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners...

— Chogyam Trungpa

The word "elegance" is a bit different now.

— Carolina Herrera

Elegance means being beautiful both on the inside and out.

— Coco Chanel

My idea of elegance – and this refers to women as well as men – is that someone is elegant when he or she…

— Stefano Pilati

Elegance is a discipline of life.

— Oscar de la Renta

Elegance for one society is not elegance for another. It's in the eyes of the beholder.

— Louise Wilson

Elegance is a statement, an attitude. Elegant women are women of character with confidence.

— Elie Saab