Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, it means being remembered
I have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.
One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.
An appearance of delicacy, and even fragility, is almost essential to beauty.
"Hear! hear!" screamed the jay from a neighboring tree, where I had heard a tittering for some time, "winter has a concentrated and nutty kernel, if you know where to look for it."
I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.
Beauty in a woman is a moving thing, Yet sometimes just the patient lack of it Will pierce the heart to deeper poignancies, And, melting, draw a note of tenderness That not the fairest woman could evoke!
To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.
Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.
Conversation without you trying to be sexy can still come off as very sexy. Trust me!
She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.
A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
I was always trying to look modest and natural. I don't like women who come into the lab and you see immediately that it took them two hours to dress in the morning.
