What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. Hu Shih beautycornerstonecultural share on social
I always appreciated the magnitude of my mother's imagination. She always saw beauty in what was broken, and she'd preserve it. Blake Lively appreciatebeautybreak Change image and share on social
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 awarebeautifulcall Change image and share on social
I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it. Robert Caro beautyenjoylife Change image and share on social
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe beautyguest Change image and share on social
The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate. Victor Hugo beautifulbeautycognate Change image and share on social
Almost any football play, even an off-tackle slant by a running back, offers the balletic beauty of athletic skill and the punishing drama of physical collision. Richard Corliss athleticbackballetic Change image and share on social
Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel attractivebeautysimultaneously Change image and share on social
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. George Bernard Shaw abideachievebeauty Change image and share on social
I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty. Harmony Korine ambiguousareabad share on social
