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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

Beauty is nature’s brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles… like Audrey Hepburn.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.

Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.