Appearance Quote by Pablo Picasso

“Masculine desire is as much an offence as it is a compliment; in so far as she feels herself responsible for her charm, or…

— Simone de Beauvoir

The desire of a man for a woman is not directed at her because she is a human being, but because she is a…

— Immanuel Kant

Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal. Her giving to man reason and…

— Immanuel Kant

Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.

— Charles Darwin

At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to explore her…

— Henry Kett

Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman's entire but decisive advantage. Through man's passions, nature has…

— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

When Nature begins to reveal her open secret to a man, he feels an irresistible longing for her worthiest interpreter, Art.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A man´s desire is a powerful thing. It can reduce a strong man to nothing. When he sees a woman who fascinates him, he…

— Alma Katsu

“Man should strive to see the God in woman, and to help her realize her spiritual nature. He should make her feel that she…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.

— George Perkins Marsh

What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content…

— Karamo Brown

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.

— Virtue