“Like other beautiful things in this world, its end (that of a shaft) is to be beautiful; and, in proportion to its beauty, it receives permission to be otherwise useless. We do not blame emeralds and rubies because we cannot make them into heads of hammers.” WorldEndsBeautifulBeautyThis WorldBlameUselessProportionPermissionBeautiful ThingsHammersRubiesEmeralds Book:The Stones of Venice -: The Sea Stories Source: The Stones of Venice -: The Sea Stories
“It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.” BodyBeautyUselessNervesDevoted Author:Anna Pavlova
“To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel in useless daydreaming of the past and future.” MeanMomentsPastRealizingExistenceBeautyPracticeFutureClarityUselessPresent MomentDaydreaming Book:Zen Meditation in Plain English Source: Zen Meditation in Plain English
“I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.” ExistenceBeautyFantasyUglyMonstersUselessFancyPositivelyCornyTedious Author:Charles Baudelaire
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.” WorldLoveBeautifulRememberNatureBeautyEnvironmentInstanceUselessBeautiful ThingsLiliesBeing BeautifulUselessnessPeacockBeauty Of The WorldBeautiful CreaturesBeautiful BodyUseless ThingsBeautiful Lady Author:John Ruskin
“Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and ugly days! He is one of the few people left in this distressful world to carry on the tradition of elegance and charm. A useless member of society, considered in terms of economics, he must not be denied his rightful place. He deserves to share it, however humbly, with the painter and poet.” PeopleWorldMayLeftDifficultTermBeautySharePoetMembersDeserveEconomicsTraditionUglyPainterLuxuryUselessFortunateCharmOccupationDeniedGardeningEleganceGardenerOrnaments Author:Vita Sackville-West
“Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their appearance that there is no other development.” PeopleMayBeautifulEnergyBeautyDevelopmentPlantAppearanceUselessDevoted Author:William F. Longgood