Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
You don't have to save the world, but you can be in the world-that's where the beauty comes from.
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.
Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.
