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
What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?
-Marty Rubin
Wherever there is real creative work, it is almost always associated with beauty.
-I. K. Taimni
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
-Rabindranath Tagore
The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Cakes and Ale"
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"
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charmimg at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
-Coco Chanel
Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are
-Ellen DeGeneres
"Seriously...I'm Kidding"
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
-Socrates
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
