Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. – Gustave Courbet
My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power and Beauty there were loads of things that I liked about the movie, which made me opt for it. – Natasha Henstridge
The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase. – E.B. White, “Hot Weather,” One Man’s Meat, 1944
God is in the hearts of all, and they that seek shall surely find Him when they need Him most. – Louisa May Alcott, “Through the Mist,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873