Isabella Bird Quotes

Everything in nature has its own intrinsic charm, as the work of its Creator's hand; but the chief beauty of the whole lies in its suggested relations to humanity. Things announce and wait for persons. The house would not have been thus beautifully built and furnished, except for an expected tenant.

The foundation of beauty is the body.

Beauty is a combination of qualities. I don't think one can deny that certain people or things feel aesthetically pleasing. But without an equally pleasing being behind that form, there is no beauty there.

I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is - is on the run. Of course, beauty does arise in a cultural context. No one ever denies that. But there's also a natural response people have to it.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.

Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.

A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

We know beauty when we see it, and our reactions are remarkably consistent. Beauty is not just a social construct, and not every girl is beautiful just the way she is.

I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.

I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.

The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

The Earth is incredibly beautiful.

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

There's a great and unutterable beauty in all this.

Beauty surrounds us.

Fills The air around with beauty.

Beauty is a natural superiority.

Real beauty is my aim.

I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you

All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty.