““Beauty can be coaxed out of ugliness. Wabi-sabi is ambivalent about separating beauty from non-beauty or ugliness. The beauty of wabi-sabi is in one respect, the condition of coming to terms with what you consider ugly. Wabi-sabi suggests that beauty is a dynamic event that occurs between you and something else. Beauty can spontaneously occur at any moment given the proper circumstances, context, or point of view. Beauty is thus an altered state of consciousness, an extraordinary moment of poetry and grace.””
![“Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.” quote by Cameron Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/99d/cameron-diaz-2416_beauty_beauty-is-a-kind-of-radiance-people-who_1179416.jpg)
![“Get rid of all that is unnecessary. Wabi-sabi means treading lightly on the planet and knowing how to appreciate whatever is encountered, no matter how trifling, whenever it is encountered. [...] In other words, wabi-sabi tells us to stop our preoccupation with success--wealth, status, power, and…” quote by Leonard Koren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4dc/leonard-koren-51278_life_get-rid-of-all-that-is-unnecessary-wabi_573985.jpg)
