Logo
We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluou

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Beauty
category

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect – they are much more interesting. – Marc Jacobs

Category:
Beauty

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who dont have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart. – Candice Bergen

Category:
Beauty

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life. – John Millington Synge

Category:
Beauty

Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing and so, it seems, is perfect disease. – Peter Latham

Category:
Beauty

Random Quotes

Faith is the first step to understanding. Either its the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. Youve got to have faith in something. Believe me. – Ray Comfort

Category:
Faith

The meagre lighthouse all in white, haunting the seaboard, as if it were the ghost of an edifice that had once had colour and rotundity, dripped melancholy tears after its late buffeting by the waves. – Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

Category:
Ghosts

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Category:
Knowledge

One of my favorite things about Star Trek wasnt just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality. – J. J. Abrams

Category:
Humor