Elegance Quotes

291 Elegance quotes by 211 unique authors

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made order, or made grace, Pull… — Ezra Pound
By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself. — Abdelkader El Djezairi
It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat… — Hafez
Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show. — Christian Dior
You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and… — Mark Lawrence
Simplicity is the soul of modern elegance. — Bill Blass
Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory — Giorgio Armani
Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. — Wynton Marsalis
I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function — Donald A. Norman
A design may be called organic when there is an harmonious organization of the parts within the whole, according to structure, material, and purpose. Within… — Unknown Author
Overstated planning is the backbone of understated elegance. — Molly O'Neill
Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That’s why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go to a nice… — Travis Kalanick
Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension. — Christian Dior
I've tried to find a new elegance. It's not easy because people want to be shocked. They want explosive fashion. But explosions don't last, they… — Giorgio Armani
Perfume puts the finishing touch to elegance - a detail that subtly underscores the look, an invisible extra that completes a man and a woman's… — Gianni Versace
You have to look good when you are riding, you have to impress your adversary with your elegance. To look good is already to go… — Paul Fournel
Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance — Christian Dior
It is important to notice that these badly functioning designs were praised for 'elegance.' But elegance as theoretical scientists apply it is quite different. The… — Ralph Caplan
Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The authour who imitates his predecessors only by furnishing himself with thoughts and elegances out of the same general magazine of literature, can with little… — Samuel Johnson
Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside. — Carolina Herrera
Ladies, it is not your education, status or personality that has brought you here but the elegance of God which was still and still working… — Angela Merkel
Physical elegance comes from the body. This is no superficial matter but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his… — Paulo Coelho
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity. — Henry Ward Beecher
Throughout this book, we've been evangelizing simplicity, but ironically, the practice of simplicity is not simple. It is easy to build a bulky design by… — Jakob Nielsen

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