925 private quotes tagged beauty

“I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.” — Diane Wakoski

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“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.” — Max Eastman

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“Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.” — Milan Kundera

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“My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends.” — Emily Mortimer

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“Goodness is beauty in the best estate.” — Christopher Marlowe

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“O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!” — Barry Cornwall

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“Beauty is not caused. It is.” — Emily Dickinson

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“First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture.” — Gustav Stickley

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“The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.” — Vladimir Kramnik

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“I can't live without my beauty products. I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions.” — Traci Bingham

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“In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!” — Homer

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“When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.” — Bernard Berenson

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“Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.” — Jean Anouilh

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“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” — Dante Alighieri

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“Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.” — Goldwin Smith

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“Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.” — Fay Weldon

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“Integrity reveals beauty.” — Thomas Leonard

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“Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.” — Munshi Premchand

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“The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.” — Joan Collins

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“The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.” — Katherine Anne Porter

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“Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.” — Salvador Dali

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“I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.” — Zoe Saldana

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“My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.” — Hedy Lamarr

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“Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.” — Dante Alighieri

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