Keats, Opening Lines of Endymion
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:Its loveliness increases; it will neverPass into nothingness; but still will keepA bower quiet for us, and
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:Its loveliness increases; it will neverPass into nothingness; but still will keepA bower quiet for us, and
“I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be—in a light better than any light ever shone—in
“There is nothing wrong with the love of beauty. But beauty—unless she is wed to something more meaningful—is always superficial.” ~Donna Tartt, author, in the
“A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There
“Beauty is what nature has lavished upon us as a supreme gift.” ~Louis Comfort Tiffany, American painter, craftsman, philanthropist, decorator, and designer