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
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
-Elisabeth Kubler Ross "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross"
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
-Anne Frank
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
-Rabindranath Tagore
True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
-Judith McNaught
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others.
-Bryant H. McGill
"Voice of Reason"
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"
