“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
— George Bernard Shaw
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Acting is still, of course, what I
“Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.”
— Christopher Lambert
Author: Christopher Lambert
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I do not know which to prefer,
“I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.”
— Wallace Stevens
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
“Love is the beauty of the soul.”
— Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which
“Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness.”
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
Author: Hans Urs von Balthasar
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I longed to arrest all beauty that
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.”
— Julia Margaret Cameron
Author: Julia Margaret Cameron
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In art economy is always beauty.
“In art economy is always beauty.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
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But my most favourite pursuit, after my
“But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.”
— James Nasmyth
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Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of
“Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.”
— Craig Bruce
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We say we want to create beauty,
“We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living.”
— Rem Koolhaas
Author: Rem Koolhaas
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A special kind of beauty exists which
“A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.”
— Gaston Bachelard
Author: Gaston Bachelard
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