“For it is only framed in space that beauty blooms. Only in space are events and objects and people unique and significant-and therefore beautiful. A tree has significance if one sees it against the empty face of sky. A note in music gains significance from the silences on either side. A candle flowers in the space of night. Even small and casual things take on significance if they are washed in space, like a few autumn grasses in one corner of an Oriental painting, the rest of the page bare.” PeopleIfsBeautifulFacesNightSidesSpaceSilenceBeautyTreeSkyEventsObjectsPaintingFlowerPagesUniqueGainsEmptyNotesCornersSignificantGrassAutumnSignificanceCandleCasualFramed Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.” MovingDesireNightLossSecretBeautyPaintingWallElementsLongingContemplationSunsetBuyers Book:Catherine Carter: A Novel Source: Catherine Carter: A Novel
“Art is beauty, and every exposition of art, whether it be music, painting, or the drama, should be subservient to that one great end. As long as nature is a means to the attainment of beauty, so-called realism is necessary and permissable [sic], but it must be realism enhanced by idealism and uplifted by the spirit of an inner life or purpose.” ShouldMeanLongArtEndsSpiritPurposeBeautyMusicPaintingDramaArt IsRealismIdealismAttainmentInner LifeSubservient Author:Julia Marlowe
“There is a thing about beauty. Beauty is always associated with the male fantasy of what the female body is. I don’t think there is anything wrong with beauty. It’s just what women think is beautiful can be different. And there can be a beauty in individualism. If there is a wart or a scar, this can be beautiful, in a sense, when you paint it.” IfsThinkingInspirationalArtDifferentBodyBeautifulWomenDifferencesBeautyFantasyPaintingFemalePaintMalesPainterScarIndividualismBeautiful ThingsInner BeautyBeing DifferentBeing BeautifulFemale BodyWartsIndividual Differences Author:Jenny Saville