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We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882
Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The Conduct of Life (1860), Beauty
Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Nature (1836), Beauty
- Virtue
He thought it happier to be dead,
To die for Beauty, than live for bread.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882May-Day and Other Pieces (1867), Beauty
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The Rhodora (1839)In context
If numbers aren’t beautiful, I don’t know what is.
Paul Erdős1913–1996Frequent remark, as quoted in My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos (1998) by Bruce Schechter, p. 14
There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. It only adds. I don’t understand how it subtracts.
Richard Feynman1918–1988What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988), “The Making of a Scientist,” p. 11: video
- Science
I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
Richard Feynman1918–1988Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985), Part 5: “The World of One Physicist”, “But Is It Art?”, p. 261
- Art
The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter IVIn context
What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it.
Gustave Flaubert1821–1880To Guy de Maupassant (February 16, 1880)
- Morality
I’m not afraid to be sexy. A woman who is intelligent and also knows how to weaponize her beauty… there’s nothing more dangerous than that. There’s nothing more powerful than that.
Megan Foxborn 1986Megan Fox reveals thoughts on being Hollywood ‘sex symbol’ at Met Gala: ‘I’m not afraid to be sexy’ USA Today. (September 13, 2021)
- Power
- Women
Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you, and be happy.
Anne Frank1929–1945
- Happiness
If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
- Love
Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790