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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
Oscar Niemeyer on beauty

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
Oscar Niemeyer on beauty

The beauty of golf, you're in charge out here.
Mike Weir on beauty

There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.
Jonathan Ive on beauty

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts.
Philip Roth on beauty

Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation.
Robert Bridges on beauty

Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
Marvin Hamlisch on beauty

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.
Leonard Maltin on beauty

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.
Tom Perrotta on beauty

So as I look at transitioning to the communication platforms of the future, I see that the beauty of Internet protocols is you get the separation of the layers between service and technology.
Michael K. Powell on beauty

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!
Alexander Herzen on beauty

People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.
Mstislav Rostropovich on beauty

Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.
Mstislav Rostropovich on beauty

We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.
David Amram on beauty

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.
Doris Day on beauty

I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.
Jenifer Lewis on beauty

We didn't have a beauty shop as I grew up.
Jenifer Lewis on beauty

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
John Erskine on beauty

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.
Arthur Cayley on beauty

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.
Miriam Beard on beauty