“Those freckles make you seem like a galaxy of stars, just waiting to be explored and loved.”— Nikita Gill, instagram.com
“I hear women say they can’t take off their makeup in front of their husband because they’re afraid. That’s a bit scary. If makeup becomes something they cannot see themselves without, that is a bit dangerous. I hope the future of makeup doesn’t bring that. Some brands are having success in over-doin…”— François Nars, thecut.com
“If vanity makes you feel good and makes you productive, I think it’s a good thing.”— François Nars, thecut.com
“Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.”— Mary Todd Lincoln, goodreads.com
“My darling, you can’t see it, can you? How like the moon you are. Both of you so timid in yourselves; hiding pieces from the world. Then, there are those rare moments when you both are full, and it becomes hard to look away. You are beautiful.”— Alexandria Drzewiecki, emotional-algebra.tumblr.com
“She is beautiful in a way that makes people forget what they were going to say when they look at her.”— Emily St. John Mandel, amazon.com
“When you fall for someone’s personality, everything about them becomes beautiful.”— Unknown, twitter.com
“Society’s obsession with the way women look is less about beauty than about obedience to a punishing external standard — and power. When women compete to ‘stay young,’ we collude in our own disempowerment. When we rank other women by age, we reinforce ageism, sexism, lookism and patriarchy. What els…”— Ashton Applewhite, nytimes.com
“One thing we can all agree on, though? Aging is harder for women. We bear the brunt of the equation of beauty with youth and youth with power — the double-whammy of ageism and sexism. How do we cope? We splurge on anti-aging products. We fudge or lie about our age. We diet, we exercise, we get plump…”— Ashton Applewhite, nytimes.com
“You're my funny valentine, Sweet comic valentine, You make me smile with my heart. Your looks are laughable, un-photographable, Yet, you're my favorite work of art.”— Ella Fitzgerald, open.spotify.com
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com
“The sea is not surer of the shore, or the shore of the sea, then he is of the fruition of his love, and of all perfection and beauty.”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.”— John Keats, en.wikiquote.org
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”— John Keats, amazon.com
“Did I say that she was beautiful? I was wrong. Beauty is too tame a notion; it evokes only faces in magazines. A lovely eloquence, a calming symmetry; none of that describes this woman's face. So perhaps I should assume I cannot do it justice with words. Suffice it to say that it would break your he…”— Clive Barker, amazon.com
“What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her.”— John Green, amazon.com