Famous Quotes

"Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed."

George Henry Lewes on Beauty

More quotes about Beauty

• "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."

  Confucius on Beauty

• "To love beauty is to see light."

  Victor Hugo on Beauty

• "Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person."

  Amanda Peet on Beauty

• "A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears."

  Anne Roiphe on Beauty

• "People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross on Beauty

More quotes by George Henry Lewes

• "Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving."

• "Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination."

• "Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men."

• "Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art."

• "Science is the systematic classification of experience."