Quotes about Beauty

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

One night I went for a walk by the sea along the empty shore. It was not gay, but neither was it sad; it was- beautiful. The deep blue sky was flicked with clouds of a blue deeper than the fundamental blue of intense cobalt, and others of a clearer blue, like the blue whiteness of the Milky Way. On the blue depth the stars were sparkling, greenish, yellow, white, rose, brighter, flashing more like jewels than they do even in Paris. The sea was a very deep ultramarine.

Admire as much as you can; most people do not admire enough.

My dear sister, it is my belief that it is actually one's duty to paint the rich and magnificent aspects of nature. We need gaiety and happiness, hope and love. The more ugly, old, mean, ill, poor I get, the more I want to take my revenge by producing a brilliant colour, well arranged, resplendent.

I'd wish that everyone had what I'm gradually beginning to acquire, the ability to read a book easily and quickly and to retain a strong impression of it. Reading books is like looking at paintings: without doubting, without hesitating, with self-assurance, one must find beautiful that which is beautiful.

Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.