A feeling of beauty is a sign that we have come upon a material articulation of certain of our ideas of a good life.

A picture's beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.

Culturally it means a return from the newspaper and the radio to the book, from feverish activity to unhurried leisure, from dispersion to concentration, from sensationalism to reflection, from virtuosity to art, from snobbery to modesty, from extravagance to moderation.

love typically gives rise to responsiveness regarding the beauty of a very specific individual taken as a whole rather than for values taken individually.

I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair.

When someone calls another individual ugly, all I see is that the one doing the insulting becomes instantly less beautiful. Consider it a compliment to be mocked for being different.

Everyone, no matter her or his stage in life, has the right to feel beautiful.

I say, enhance what others might deem less than wow and make that your beauty mark.

Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life.

I'm interested in living more of a life that's invisible to everybody and more vibrant to a fewer people that are in my life.

You're beautiful. You walk wonderfully and if I were here and saw you now for the first time I'd be in love with you. If I saw you for the first time everything would turn over inside of me and I'd ache right through my chest.

How do you tell a valuable French book?' 'First there are the pictures. Then it is a question of the quality of the pictures. Then it is the binding. If a book is good, the owner will have it bound properly. All books in English are bound, but bound badly. There is no way of judging them.