Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty you know you're an artist.

First there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament but are clearly revealed a charm felt in Japanese architecture.

Every one who has a heart however ignorant of architecture he may be feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

Light God's eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building.

I know no subject more elevating more amazing more ready to the poetical enthusiasm the philosophical reflection and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety such beauty such magnificence?

You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing.

Comics are so full of amazing work. And I can't look at a drawing of a woman without thinking of for instance Wallace Wood and his amazing way of capturing beauty.

The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change but our view of beauty stays the same.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

The English Bible - a book which if everything else in our language should perish would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

Death is the mother of Beauty hence from her alone shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Children dear and loving children can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

I envy the sensibility in Europe appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience wisdom and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions measurements and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love beauty friendship or decency for example?