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We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the p

We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides. – Junichiro Tanizaki

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Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. – Junichiro Tanizaki

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Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first. – Paul Klee

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Im just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit. – Angelina Jolie

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For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine. – Matthew Prior

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Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. – James Hillman

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