Beauty Quotes

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

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"All the girls in history books, it kills me if they're beautiful."
J.D. Salinger
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"That's the beauty of it, really."
J.D. Salinger
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"The world is a great big beautiful place to be alive in"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Beauty is the evidence of the divine"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Beauty is truth told slant."
William S. Burroughs
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"Beauty exists in the margins of society."
William S. Burroughs
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"The world is full of mysteries, and that's what makes it beautiful."
William Carlos Williams
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"Beauty is found in the most unexpected places."
William Carlos Williams
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"Beauty exists in simplicity."
William Carlos Williams
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"At night the stars put on a show for free."
Jack Kerouac
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"Every person is a window into infinity."
Jack Kerouac
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"Unlock doors with the power of beauty"
e.e. cummings
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"Neither can you deny that life is beautiful"
e.e. cummings
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
Hart Crane
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"The bridge swings back and forth between beauty and terror."
Hart Crane
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"Beauty exists in all things, if we have eyes to see."
Hart Crane
"I want to support the creation of harmony and beauty in this world."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"There is nothing in the world more important than beauty."
William Carlos Williams
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"Beauty is the moment when the intelligence finally intersects with the sensory world"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Beauty exists in the details that others overlook"
Allen Ginsberg
"The authentic expression of feeling is the most beautiful form."
Wallace Stevens
"Simplicity can be a form of greatness."
Wallace Stevens
"Beauty is the permanent form of existence."
Wallace Stevens
"Beauty is the flowering of the mind."
Wallace Stevens
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"The world is holy and beautiful, if we have eyes to see it."
Jack Kerouac
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"Beauty is the light in another's eyes."
Jack Kerouac
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"Everything is beautiful if you see it that way."
Jack Kerouac
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"Every person has a unique beauty that only they possess."
Jack Kerouac
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"The most beautiful things in life cannot be owned, only appreciated."
Jack Kerouac
"I like a long dress on a woman, I do not like to see a woman look like a man."
Marianne Moore