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
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
There is no better cosmetic, than the laughter on a woman’s face.
-Estée Lauder
Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?
-Richard Rodgers
"Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella"
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays.
-Jeanette Winterson
"Written on the Body"
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 the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere
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"
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
-Nikolai Gogol
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
