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
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
-John Keats
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 without expression is boring.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
-Francis Bacon
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
-Vik Muniz
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
-Socrates
...you don't have to be perfect to be pretty.
-Carson Kressley
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
-John Ruskin
