We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Quotations
Beauty
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Maybe beauty, true beauty, is so overwhelming, it goes straight to our hearts. Maybe it makes us feel emotions that are locked away inside.
-James Patterson
"Sundays at Tiffany's"
Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.
-Alex Flinn
"Beastly"
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
-Khalil Gibran
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
Wherever there is real creative work, it is almost always associated with beauty.
-I. K. Taimni
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Duino Elegies"
Beauty isn't just a pretty face, a beautiful body or even a cute voice. Beauty arises from your mind, your soul, and most important your personality. But most people don't seem to notice.
-Emily Gabriela Vira
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-Confucius
