Marie Curie, Lecture at Vassar College, May 14, 1921
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, […]
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. Great short quote and quotation by: Leo Tolstoy , Russian mystic & novelist (1828 – 1910)
What the imagination seizes as beauty must be the truth. Great short quote and quotation by: John Keats , English lyric poet (1795 – 1821)
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 […]
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Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight. Great short quote and quotation by: Phyllis Diller ,
Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus.
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . . Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)
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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,There arises the recognition of ugliness.When they all know the good as good,There arises the recognition of evil. Great short quote and quotation by: Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu , Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)
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When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, look to those, who have been given less. Great short quote and quotation by: Prophet Mohammed ,
While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual, and the sublime are today suspect, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art. Great short quote and quotation by: Ian Hornak, Cover Magazine, 1994; American Idealist & Realist Painter and Draughtsman recognized […]
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Ian Hornak, Cover Magazine, 1994
While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual, and the sublime are today suspect, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art. Great short quote and quotation by: Ian Hornak, Cover Magazine, 1994 ,
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Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh what were man??a world without a sun. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Campbell , Scottish poet (1777 – 1844)
You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older. Great short quote and quotation by: Anouk Aimee, O Magazine, October 2003 ,