“What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Life deprived of beauty is not worthy
“Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.”
— Luis Barragan
Author: Luis Barragan
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For me beauty is valued more than
“For me beauty is valued more than anything – the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.”
— Oscar Niemeyer
Author: Oscar Niemeyer
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Teach us that wealth is not elegance,
“Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
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Wit is more necessary than beauty; and
“Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.”
— William Wycherley
Author: William Wycherley
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It is not the beauty of a
“It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.”
— David Allan Coe
Author: David Allan Coe
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I believe that history has shape, order,
“I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
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Youth is happy because it has the
“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
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Because, if one is writing novels today,
“Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.”
— Neil Gaiman
Author: Neil Gaiman
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Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on
“Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products.”
— Beth Ditto
Author: Beth Ditto
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Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand
“Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.”
— Deepak Chopra
Author: Deepak Chopra
Category: beauty
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