Beauty Quotes

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

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"True elegance lies in the economy of expression."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Beauty is the revelation of necessity in form."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Beauty demands that we see the sacred in the ordinary."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Beauty is found not in perfection, but in the flaws that make us human."
Paul Verlaine
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"Beauty fades, but a kind heart endures forever."
Molière
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"True beauty lies beneath the surface, in the essence of being."
Molière
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"Beauty will be convulsive or it will not be at all."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"The most beautiful words are often born from the deepest pain."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"What appears broken may be more beautiful than it was before."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"The beautiful things of this world are not by themselves what we believe them to be."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Beauty is the promise of happiness."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"True beauty lies in simplicity and elegance."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Beauty is found in nature and art."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"I love beauty; it is the only thing worth loving"
Théophile Gautier
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"Nothing is truly beautiful except what is useless"
Théophile Gautier
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"Beauty is the only thing worth proving to infinity"
Théophile Gautier
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"Beauty is the shadow of God in the world"
Théophile Gautier
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"Beauty is the power that awakens the soul"
Théophile Gautier
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"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror"
Théophile Gautier
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"Beauty is not about symmetry, it is about balance"
Théophile Gautier
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"Beauty is truth; truth is beauty."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Beauty lies not in the face, but in the soul."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but love is in the heart of the beloved."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Sensuality is the loftiest form of spirituality."
Charles Baudelaire
"I experience an ecstasy when gazing upon a beautiful object."
Charles Baudelaire
"Beauty exists not in perfection but in authenticity."
Charles Baudelaire
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"The soul thirsts for beauty as the body thirsts for water."
Paul Verlaine