Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.
Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
You don't have to save the world, but you can be in the world-that's where the beauty comes from.
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
