Famous Quotes About beauty

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.