“A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his ...” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.

Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe. So it is in rugged crises, in unweariable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of question, that the angel is shown.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person!

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.