#beautiful

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beautiful #beauty #being #certain #correct

Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person. ↗

— Amanda Peet

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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#beauty #failing #failings #naked #nude

But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#felt #i #looked #model #never

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind. ↗

— Philo

#cities #countries #enjoyed #fill #free

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#art #beautiful #lady #nature #old

I knew Rita Hayworth only enough to know that she was just a tender, sensitive, beautiful human being. A lovely person. Very gentle. She would never stand up for her rights. ↗

— Kim Novak

#being #enough #gentle #her #human

If you're wanting glamorous or really beautiful or really sexy, well then, I wasn't really the one, but I could do all of that. You could just get really lost in that kind of image. ↗

— Kim Novak

#could #get #glamorous #i #image

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration. ↗

— Laura Nyro

#become #exploration #simplicity #stands #tradition

My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#always #anything #aware #beautiful #called