Quote by Philip Pullman

“I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. I have to force people to look at things.”

— Alexander McQueen

“The uncanny first impression was again one of private hells coexisting in public space.”

— Patrick McGrath

“Perhaps I shouldn’t like it so much, but I’ve always been one for finding beauty in the ugliest stories.”

— LeAnn Neal Reilly

“Strange isn't it? How it's the direction we are viewed from that makes us attractive or abhorrent.”

— Galen Beckett

“I don’t like it when people are too pretty. They have to have character. Something a bit fucked up about them.”

— Ryan McGinley

“Beauty is not always as perfect as we imagine it to be, but it can be damn close if we learn to accept the…

— Nick Miller

“Why is it only now that I can see how many ordinary things are actually grotesque?”

— Sara Baume

“Why even try to understand the human condition if humanity revealed itself as grotesque, dark, not worth it.”

— Salman Rushdie

“We must be careful not to recite ugliness in our hearts because it will eventually find its way out.”

— Alisa Hope Wagner

“There is no such thing as beauty, especially in the human face.”

— Charles Bukowski

“...don't worry about how things look. People are going to think whatever they think. To hell with 'em. You can't worry about it.”

— William Landay

“How could he look severe and frightening and yet overwhelmingly handsome at the same time?”

— Melanie Dickerson