The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Cakes and Ale"
Quotations
Beauty
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
-Coco Chanel
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.
-RuPaul
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
-Dorothy Parker
You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful.
-Steve Maraboli
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.
-Cynthia Hand
"Hallowed"
Beauty soaks reality as water fills a rag.
-Chet Raymo
"Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God"
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
