What is Beauty?

Club of Amsterdam, a very innovative, creative and open.minded one brought this compilation of quotes about beauty. Very interesting and true, as I find: www.clubofamsterdam.com


 .Quotes about Beauty   



“Beauty?… To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads to.” ~ Pablo Picasso

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~ Confucius

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

“Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye.” ~ Grey Livingston

” Fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it ever six months.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.” ~ Karl Kraus

“You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.” ~ Marie Stopes

“The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.” ~ John Cage

“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.” ~ William Somerset Maugham

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~ John Muir

“Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.” ~ Martin Buxbaum

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
“I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.” ~ Karl Lagerfeld

“The fact of the matter is that you can use your beauty and use your charm and be flirtatious, and you can get people interested in your beauty. But you cannot maintain that. In the end, talent is the only thing. My work is the only thing that's going to change any minds.” ~ Madonna

Yves Saint Laurent infused his label with his creative genius, elegant and refined personality, discreet and distinguished, during a half century of work, in both luxury and ready-to-wear, because he was convinced that beauty was a necessary luxury for all men and all women.

“Love of Beauty is taste, Creation of beauty is Art.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.” ~ Coco Chanel

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“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 a light within.” ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

“Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.” ~ Jean Anouilh

“Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” ~ Edgar Allen Poe

“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.” ~ Voltaire

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Thank you, Albert. I found the blog very intriguing, including the contrasting link about world-wide ideas about beauty.

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Thanks Nicole, the blog comment of Felix Bopp too is enriching.

And a global report is indeed necessary for the BIG spectrum of view, perspectives and contexts f various definitions….

Best,

Albert

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Thank you for sharing these quotes, Albert. Excellent.
blessings,
CG

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Thanks for dropping in, C.G.

For those who have not yet seen the thread in Gaia Networking, C.G. is their featured member for the month of January.

January 2009 Featured Member – C.G. Walters

What a delightful thread it is!

Love,

Nicole

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“Beauty, like people, comes in all colors.” –Mr. Prophet

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A lovely image, Mr!

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Hi everyone,

I found this both beautiful and inspirational:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wEpByCdTwfc  vocals Hein Braat

I love the unity of everyone performing the mantra with the vocals
Love Tai

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Thank you, Tai, there is something very powerful about the combination of meditative music put into bodily gestures, in unison like that. 

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Nicole, the first time I saw it - well…..

Seen it a few times, and it is so full of devotional stillness, it never fails to move me, just wish I could learn all the movements to it!
Love Tai

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Yes!

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I've never read any of her work, but I like this one - it made me think of a poem I'd written..

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What a stunningly sweet poem, Tai. Thank you!

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Thanks Nicole

Like Sleeping in the forest even more…

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Ah, glory!

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perfect photo - new icon….cute kitten….

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yes….a beautiful image.
Thank you, Nicole.
blessings,
CG

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Beauty rests on necessities. The line of beauty is the line of perfect economy.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

- Michaelangelo


What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

- Leo Tolstoy


It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but… it is better to be good than to be ugly.

- Oscar Wilde

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Intriguing quotes, Andrew.