“Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art.” PersonsArtAbleBeautyGrowingSweetFlowerSingingArt IsCookingAddMealsPetParts Of Life Author:Cynthia Rylant
“Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you'll be able Very soon not even to cry pretty And so be delivered entirely from humanity This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.” AbleHumanityBeautyCryPrettiest Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble.” WorldAbleFormNightFallHeavenStarsWaterSpaceWalksBeautyConditionsDangerBirdRainFlowAnd LoveBlueCloudsBoundariesSnowTheeAweTwilightShedHungOutletsTransparentDay And NightCelestialIgnobleSnow Falling Book:Nature and Other Writings Source: Nature and Other Writings
“Thoughts can create such a barrier that even if you are standing before a beautiful flower, you will not be able to see it. Your eyes are covered with layers of thought. To experience the beauty of the flower you have to be in a state of meditation, not in a state of mentation. You have to be silent, utterly silent, not even a flicker of thought - and the beauty explodes, reaches to you from all directions. You are drowned in the beauty of a sunrise, of a starry night, of beautiful trees.” IfsStatesEyeAbleBeautifulNightSilenceBeautyMeditationTreeFlowerStandingSilentBarriersCoveredLayersSunriseFlickerBeautiful FlowerStarry NightBeautiful TreesSilent Meditation Author:Rajneesh
“I have a deep love and respect for children and I cannot imagine photographic life without them playing a major part. I hope that through my work as a photographer, I have been able to pass on my appreciation of their beauty and charm.” ChildrenHas BeensArtAbleBeautyImagineMajorsPhotographerAppreciationCharmDeep LoveLove And Respect Author:Anne Geddes
“Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship to formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of beauty and truth: these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature.” AblePainValuesChallengesBeautyLonelinessLaughterAnd LoveSunsetFormulasMasteryArithmeticNature BeautyLove PainLove And Laughter Author:Louis Orr
“We're all attracted to the perfume of fermenting joy, we've all tried to start a fire, and one day maybe it will blaze up on its own. In the meantime, she is the one today among us most able to bear the idea of her own beauty.” IdeasTodayAbleJoyBeautyFireBearsOne DayPerfume Author:Tony Hoagland
“To be simple means to make a choice about what's important, and let go of all the rest. When we are able to do this, our vision expands, our heads clear, and we can better see the details of our lives in all their incredible wonder and beauty.” LifeInspirationalMindMeanImportantAbleChoicesSimpleWonderBeautyVisionClearOur LivesWonderfulSeeingLetting GoIncrediblesDetailsExpansionWhat's Important Book:The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life Source: The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life
“The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one has ever been able to explain why the Doric temple of Paestum is more beautiful than a glass of cold beer except by bringing in considerations that have nothing to do with beauty.” Has BeensMadeHumorAbleFunnyBeautifulBeautySeeingFoolColdGlassesBeerConsiderationTemplesMathematicianCold Beer Author:W. Somerset Maugham