In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
Quotations
Beauty
The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Cakes and Ale"
The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that beauty is nothing more than an accident.
-Charlie Fletcher
"Silvertongue"
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
-Rabindranath Tagore
What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?
-Marty Rubin
Beauty isn't just a pretty face, a beautiful body or even a cute voice. Beauty arises from your mind, your soul, and most important your personality. But most people don't seem to notice.
-Emily Gabriela Vira
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty.
-Sophia Nam
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Duino Elegies"
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.
-Charles Baudelaire
