Barbara Taylor Bradford Quotes

simplicity is the key of elegance

Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity.

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.

Simplicity is a matter of taste

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

What is elegance? Soap and water!

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

Elegance is elimination.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple.

Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.

True simplicity is elegant.

The art of art... is simplicity.

The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility.

The highest Beauty should be plain set.