Am Quote by Heavy D

Generally speaking, the term, 'vanity,' itself can be perceived as negative, superficial and egotistical, but I see it as being unapologetic for celebrating other…

— BeBe Zahara Benet

But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.

— Barry Webster

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.

— William Saroyan

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

— George Santayana

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an…

— Lorraine Toussaint

Naturally one would rather be a broad artist with power to evoke beauty from every phase of experience--but when one unmistakably isn't such an…

— H. P. Lovecraft

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

— Lou Reed

It is the utterly destructive quality. When you say vanity, you are thinking of the kind that admires itself in mirrors and buys things…

— Josephine Tey

My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.

— Richard Griffiths

There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

— Mark Twain

Every significant artist is a metaphysician, a propounder of beauty-truths and form-theories.

— Aldous Huxley