Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Quotations
Beauty
Among the many answers I have found, I believe love is the most beautiful and simple art that reflects the beauty of life.
-Mabel Iam
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
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
-John Ruskin
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
-Baltasar Gracián
"The Art of Worldly Wisdom"
I don't take good pictures cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.
-Ani DiFranco
There is no better cosmetic, than the laughter on a woman’s face.
-Estée Lauder
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
-Miguel De Cervantes
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
-Franz Kafka
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
-Francis Bacon
