“It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examin...” — Samuel Johnson Quote

“It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.”

“The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.”

“If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?”

“My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and she pushed me to build my own vision and concept of beauty for women.”

“Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.”

“When you go to an art museum, the thing you're least likely to encounter is a picture of a black person. When it comes to ideas about art and about beauty, the black figure is absent.”