“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothi...” — W. Somerset Maugham Quote

“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.”

“The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.”

“If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.”

“The pleasure of grace and beauty is one of life's greatest rewards and some people can provide that better than others.”

“The Western man declares that in order to be beautiful, a woman must look 14 years old. If she dares to look 50, or worse, 60, she is beyond the pale. By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility.”

“Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.”