Ugliness Quotes

296 Ugliness quotes by 246 unique authors

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. — Oscar Wilde
It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. — Thornton Wilder
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy,… — Elie Wiesel
In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness. — George Bernard Shaw
If even rock was interesting, if even this ugliness was worth whole shelves at the library, required sophisticated tools to study, and inspired grown men… — Annie Dillard
We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame. — Shirley Jackson
Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was torn and stitched. I was a strip mine, and they would just… — Janet Fitch
It is better to sit in appreciative contemplation of a world in which beauty is eternally supported on a foundation of ugliness: cut out the… — John Steinbeck
It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found. — Ted Dekker
Her face looked ugly in the attempt to avoid tears; it was an ugliness which bound him to her more than any beauty could have… — Graham Greene
You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full… — Michelle Tea
In the time of your life, live - so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for… — William Saroyan
Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true… — Plotinus
He was ugly, himself. Weird-ugly. But ugliness in a man doesn't matter, much. Ugliness in a woman is her life. — Joyce Carol Oates
Wish you could turn off the questions, turn off the voices, turn off all sound. Yearn to close out the ugliness, close out the filthiness,… — Ellen Hopkins
Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination… — Marquis de Sade
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her… — Toni Morrison
There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too.… — Kurt Vonnegut
He's most likely robbing the bank as a paycheck on the world for winning the ugliness prize at his local fete three years running. — Markus Zusak
The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness. — Massimo Vignelli
I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God… — Jules Renard
ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness… — Edmond Rostand
I want to say somewhere: I've tried to be forgiving. And yet. There were times in my life, whole years, when anger got the better… — Nicole Krauss
Too much to take in, too much to purge. Why must every memory, once sweet, dead end in such ugliness? — Ellen Hopkins
Look!You want to see? See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik's face! Now you know the face of… — Gaston Leroux

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