I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty. Jacqueline Bisset artbeautycolour Change image and share on social
Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted. Gael Garcia Bernal beautydiluteremain Change image and share on social
Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music. John Philip Sousa appealbeautygrand Change image and share on social
Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty. John Philip Sousa beautybowcomposer Change image and share on social
My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain. Justin Cronin basicallybeautybrush Change image and share on social
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time. Robert Browning autumnbeautyend Change image and share on social
Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are. Dale Archer assetbeautybrain share on social
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. Derek Walcott beautycaribbeandissolve Change image and share on social
My father, who was a cabinetmaker, told me, 'Wood has a grain and if you go into the grain, you have beauty. If you go against it, you have splinters - it breaks.' And I took that as my view of life. You have to follow the grain - to be sensitive to the direction of life. Christian Louboutin beautybreakcabinetmaker share on social
When you feel great, you emanate a certain energy that translates as beautiful. I don't care if you have the standard beauty or not; it's that X-factor that comes through, and the basis of that is good health. Christie Brinkley basisbeautifulbeauty share on social