Beauty, Franz Kafka

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

― Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Beauty, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Beauty, Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead

Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful.
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.

― Richelle Mead (1976- ), Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

Acting, Phoebe Cates

If the film, play or any project I`m involved in requires some sort of violence or nudity to advance the plot, scene or character in any way, then I would be considered unprofessional not to oblige. Of course, I want to make sure -- and I think I always have -- that the scenes are shot in good taste. I try to have some control; now that I know what I`m capable of including in a contract, I can continue that control. Nudity is not something I necessarily want to avoid and yet it`s not the most fun thing in the world to do. It`s part of the job as far as I`m concerned because you bare yourself emotionally and that`s just as terrifying as baring yourself physically. It`s all part of acting.

- Phoebe Cates (1963- )

Arts, André Malraux

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.

- André Malraux (1901-1976)

Beauty, Havelock Ellis

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)

Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896)

Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896)

Artist	Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
Title	English: Flaming June. Español: Junio flameante. Français : June flamboyante. Italiano: Avvampante giugno. 日本語: フレイミング・ジューン. Português: Sol ardente de junho Slovenčina: Žeravý jún.
Date	~1895
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	120.6 × 120.6 cm (47 3/8 × 47 3/8 in)
Current location	Museum of Art of Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Source/Photographer	Artrenewal.org : notice : image
Licensing	This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.

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Celebrities, Phoebe Cates

In this business, if a girl wants a career, she has to be willing to strip. If you`ve got a good bod, then why not show it?

- Phoebe Cates (1963- )

Beauty, Pearl S Buck

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

- Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)