Beauty Quotes

What is beautiful? These quotes go beyond appearances to explore wonder, aesthetics, and awe.

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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people and their stories."
Sean O'Casey
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"The beauty of simplicity often contains the depth of complexity."
Sean O'Casey
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"Beauty exists not in perfection, but in authenticity and uniqueness."
Sean O'Casey
"Beauty has nothing to do with the way you look."
Douglas Coupland
"Beauty exists in imperfection and brokenness."
Douglas Coupland
"Beauty is what remains after everything unnecessary is removed."
Douglas Coupland
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"The beautiful thing about poetry is it makes you feel less alone."
Margaret Atwood
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"Beauty fades, but character remains."
Margaret Atwood
"Charm is a great thing, but it is also entirely superficial."
Robertson Davies
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"Every human being needs beauty as much as food or water."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"The beautiful is often terrible."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy."
Harper Lee
"Fashion is about impressing others; style is about impressing yourself."
Douglas Coupland
"Style is not something that exists in dresses only. Style is something that exists in cars."
Douglas Coupland
"The world is a more beautiful place than I have ever suspected."
Carson McCullers
"Beauty requires consciousness; it cannot exist where there is no one to perceive it."
Carson McCullers
"The most beautiful things are often the simplest."
Carson McCullers
"The beauty of life is in its imperfection."
Carson McCullers
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"Beauty is always best understood in solitude."
Eudora Welty
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"The world is full of wonder."
Eudora Welty
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"Beauty is a form of power."
Margaret Atwood
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"You can't evolve past ugliness when practically everything you see is ugly."
Flannery O'Connor
"A man who is not influenced by beauty, who does not think that beauty matters, is not a fully developed man."
Robertson Davies
"A life without beauty is a deprivation of the senses."
Robertson Davies
"All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain."
Cormac McCarthy
"Beauty exists in pain and struggle."
Cormac McCarthy
"Beauty dies, but art endures."
Cormac McCarthy
"Beauty is everywhere."
Cormac McCarthy
"Beauty often resides in the broken and the imperfect."
Carson McCullers