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
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
-Thomas More
"Utopia"
The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty.
-Sophia Nam
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up.
-Anonymous
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
-Socrates
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
-John Keats
There is no better cosmetic, than the laughter on a woman’s face.
-Estée Lauder
Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.
-RuPaul
