Beauty Quote by Nancy Etcoff

The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.

— Nancy Etcoff

I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is…

— Denis Dutton

I think beauty comes from within, and society paints a ridiculous picture.

— Rachel Bilson

We do not want to merely “see” beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of…

— C. S. Lewis

Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.

— Sigmund Freud

Our culture often demeans and devalues the work, the pleasures, and the contributions of women and feminine people. This is, in part, why beauty…

— Janet Mock

Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences.

— Terence McKenna

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

— Chanakya

Beauty is a living abiding presence completely untouchable by all the devices of man, such as moral codes, creeds, intellectual analysis, games and cliches,…

— Lawren Harris

Choosing beauty over content (or choosing beauty as content) is always an act of sedition. If we accept the cant of official culture, we…

— Dave Hickey

Beauty is the harmony of purpose and form.

— Alvar Aalto

Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in everyday life.

— Roger Scruton