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“..the wish to produce beautiful things — when that wish is true and profound — falls together with [man's] striving for perfection.”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Taeuber-Arp's article 'Remarks on the Instruction of Ornamental Design', in 'Bulletin de Tunion suisse des mattresses professionelles et menageres/ Korrespondenzblott' (Zurich), Jahrg. 14, no. 11 / 12 (Dec. 31 , 1922…
“It is a part of puberty that we just want to go somewhere far away. We only have a vague image, like behind that mountain or a place more beautiful...”
Makoto Shinkai (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any idiot can build bombs. Our Trinity sits not on some desert sand seared into glass at an abandoned, sad pillar of stones. It's in our heads and our hearts, it's in our genes, this beautiful, gorgeous marriage of money, freedom and ingenuity.”
Bill Whittle (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: TRINITY (part 2) (4 July 2003)
“The beautiful and favored region of the Northwest Coast is about to assume a commercial importance which is sure to stimulate inquiry concerning the matters herein treated of. I trust enough is contained between the covers of this book to induce the very curious to come and see.”
Frances Fuller Victor (1826–1902) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Obituary in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, 1902.
“To this day my seat on a saddle or on the back of a horse is as secure and tireless as in a rocking chair, and far more pleasurable. Sometimes, in later years, when I found myself suddenly on a strange horse in a trooper's saddle, flying for life or liberty in front of pursuit, I blessed the baby lessons of the wild gallops among the beautiful colts.”
Clara Barton (1821–1912) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Barton, Clara H. The Story of My Childhood. New York: Baker & Taylor Company, 1907. Reprinted by Arno Press in 1980.
“A verse translation should be faithful to the original, less in form than in sense. Or in other words, a poetic translation should be as beautiful as the original in sense, in sound and, if possible, in form.”
Xu Yuanchong (1921–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For the first time in a while, a pro-America Brazilian president arrives in DC. It’s the beginning of a partnership focused on liberty and prosperity, something that all of us Brazilians have long wished for. You have a president who is a friend of the United States who admires this beautiful country.”
Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Twitter, on 17 March 2019. Bolsonaro chega a Washington e comemora proximidade com os EUA. Reuters, 17 March 2019.
“For years I have encouraged my patients and students to play musical instruments. I believe that it is essential for their ultimate health to be able to express themselves musically. Inside each of us is the deep desire to open our hearts and sing out with love. I find that when they allow music-making to enter into their lives, there is a beautiful change. There is an opening of the heart.”
John Diamond (doctor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You want to know about the title, right. The most beautiful girl in the world. . . It was a straight publicity thing but it ballooned. Of course, I never could wear blue jeans to the market after that. I had a reputation to uphold.”
Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love those skies, thin blue or snowy gray, Those fields sparse-planted, rendering meagre sheaves; That spring, briefer than apple-blossom’s breath, Summer, so much too beautiful to stay, Swift autumn, like a bonfire of leaves, And sleepy winter, like the sleep of death.”
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928) said by 1928 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We've put animals in categories. There's bad ones — rats and whatever — and there's beautiful ones like dogs and fluffy ones. And that's just gross. Man should love all animals equally and realize it's part of their family.”
K-os (born 1972) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: k-os Is Never Silent About Animals", video interview with PETA (11 September 2012).
“..so much is certain at least that seeing and studying the great Dutch masters arouse and encourage me to follow nature as a child, and to notice in it all those little ingenuous things and niceties as much as possible and reproduce them faithfully, which are so necessary to constitute a beautiful whole. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Gerard Bilders (1838–1865) first seen 1857 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: letter to his mecenas , The Hague 9 Jan. 1857; from an excerpt of this letter, in the RKD-Archive, The Hague
“It is not my aim and object to paint a cow for the cow's sake or a tree for the tree's, but by means of the whole to create a beautiful and huge impression which nature sometimes creates, also with most simple means. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Gerard Bilders (1838–1865) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: letter c. 1861-1864; as cited in Dutch Art in the Nineteenth Century – 'The Hague School; Introduction', by G. Hermine Marius, transl. A. Teixera de Mattos; publish: The la More Press, London, 1908
“Heavenly wonderfully beautiful that Wolfhezerland with its stream and pines.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to Willem Maris, 1863; as cited in: 'Zó Hollands - Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850', Antoon Erftemeijer; Frans Hals museum | De Hallen, Haarlem 2011, p. 31
“..it is really beautiful here with that freezing weather. o you should see now the distance, and the fields with their black earth and flat shadows it would strike you, how lovely the sun is shining in the Betuwe.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to Willem Maris, 1860's; as cited in 'Zó Hollands - Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850', Antoon Erftemeijer; Frans Hals museum | De Hallen, Haarlem 2011, p. 31
“It certainly will please you to read that after my small painting ['First Love', c. 1856] what you have seen in Rotterdam, a large lithography is being made now by Lord Mouilleron, France's first lithographer.. .It becomes very beautiful. (translation from original Dutch text: Fons Heijnsbroek).”
Jozef Israëls (1824–1911) first seen 1856 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: version in original Dutch (citaat uit de brief van Jozef Israëls in het Nederlands): Het zal u zeker plaisier doen te vernemen dat naar mijn schilderijtje ['Eerste Liefde', c. 1856] welke gij in Rotterdam gezien hebt ee…
“That's how it is One day two paintings were hanging, Right opposite each other Really colorful and beautiful the one And the other simple and honest * That simplicity and truth are the characteristics of science and of art. Well, people can not understand that. It was to the tinsel that they gave their favor. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Jozef Israëls (1824–1911) first seen 1876 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A short poem of Israëls, written in his letter from The Hague, 13 Dec. 1876 to art-seller Pilgeram & Lefèvre in London; from collection of Fondation Custodia, Institut Neérlandais Paris, input no. 1971-A 506
“Our trips in Drenthe [in 1878-79] he [ Johannes Warnardus Bilders ] enjoyed a lot, but Vorden and especially Oosterbeek remained the places he loved most. Drenthe was too new for him. The most beautiful painting he made of it were 'the Hunnebeds', a fusain in my possession. He found back again Hobbema everywhere. (translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek).”
Marie Bilders-van Bosse (1837–1900) first seen 1878 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: version in original Dutch (citaat uit een brief van Marie Bilders-van Bosse, in het Nederlands:) Van onze togten in Drenthe [ 1878-79] genoot hij [ ] veel, doch en vooral bleven zijn hoofdpunten. Drenthe was hem te nieu…
“[...] knowledge is our greatest wealth and the love of others the most beautiful human value.”
Jacques Dubochet (born 1942) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source, in French: Jacques Dubochet, Parcours, Éditions Rosso, 2018, page 9 (ISBN 9782940560097).
“Art is the beautiful illustration of Truth from the creative imagination. The truth is in our life and unless it comes from the formlessness to the form we do not realize it.”
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In God’s presence, hope is re-birthed…always. In worship, we see Him as He is and He sprinkles us with grace to see how beautiful we are.”
“I think what makes me a good portrait photographer is that I really see people. The moment I know I’m photographing someone, I already see them in their most beautiful state. Before I make the image, I already know the image and I aspire to that. Sometimes, it’s just an impression in my heart about who they are.”
“Aiyar wants the public to believe that the Kashmiri Pandits are so unintelligent that they left their comfortable homes and beautiful Valley at the instance of a pied piper called Jagmohan, and not by the militants' strategy of 'killing one and frightening one thousand'. He ignores the hard fact that eminent Kashmiri Pandits had been butchered before I took over.”
Jagmohan (1927–2021) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Setting the record straight, Sunday, 7.11.1993, quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 57
“In the winter on a Sunday afternoon, I can spend six hours in front of the fireplace, just looking at the flames and thinking. In the evening, I’m drunk with beautiful thoughts. My wife says to me, ‘What are you looking at?’ I say, ‘The fire.’ We have to take a step backward.”
Brunello Cucinelli (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He thought about spiders, twisting thread into beautiful symmetry, taming chaos with ordered nets that greeted the dawn, hung with globes of dew that caught and held cores of sunlight, and tiny images of the world.”
Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The terrible beautiful Life.”
Roger Raveel (1921–2013) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: title of his painting / installation - including birdcage and two living canaries, Raveel made in 1965 (translation: Fons Heijnsbroek)
“Moreover the book 'The Legend of Baal Shem', by Martin Buber gives beautiful images. I have read some chapters from it and the 'Werewolf' among others, has been written very beautifully.”
Hendrik Werkman (1882–1945) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter [nr. 7] to August Henkels, 17 February 1941; as cited in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (…
“The country [ Brittany ] is very beautiful and painterly one see stimulating color tones; but the more abstract one works, the more one transforms the sketch into combinations. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: note on a postcard to Herwarth Walden [initiator of Der 'Sturm' in Germany], 14 May 1914; as cited by Arend H. Huussen Jr. in Jacoba van Heemskerck, kunstenares van het Expressionisme, Haags Gemeentemuseum The Hague, 19…
“In the city you can lose yourself; that's a good thing. It doesn't work in a small city. In Leeuwarden [in Friesland, where Benner lived until c. 1954] you always met yourself again and again. But in Amsterdam there is too much to do, that isn't possible here. It's a beautiful city where I revive. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Gerrit Benner (1897–1981) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) In de stad kun je jezelf verliezen, en dat is goed. In een kleine stad gaat dat niet. In Leeuwarden [waar Benner woonde tot c. 1954] kwam je jezel…
“I love nature, what is not beautiful in nature, there are no ugly things. Sometimes the world oppresses me and then I always go back to nature, the source of all things. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Gerrit Benner (1897–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Nature] only give it you, when you carefully consider its majesty and greatness. Does it not present beautiful scenes in front of your eyes that impossibly could be described to you by somebody else?.. ..[scenes], which you can try to realize afterwards in your room on the canvas or panel. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803–1862) first seen 1841 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Koekkoek, 1841: in: Herinneringen aan en Mededeelingen van eenen Landschapschilder, as cited in 'Andreas Schelfhout Onsterfelijk schoon', p. 35
“Do you like to see what can be transformed from a flat, elementary rural scene - bearing the stamp of nature, the mark of truth - into something most beautiful and graceful? Look at the works of our great [painter] Schelfhout. There you will find represented plain nature at the most elegant, but moreover with a faithfulness and truth, which only Schelfhout can represent.”
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803–1862) said by 1862 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Franziska (mother of Charlotte): 'In Heaven everything is much more beautiful than here in earth – and when your Mummy has turned into a little angel she'll.. ..bring a letter, telling her what's like in Heaven..'. Franziska was of somewhat sentimental disposition.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“see this watch? i got it by Crying. my car? crying. my beautiful wife? Crying. My perfect teeth? Crying. now get the fuck out of my office”
“love when i lose aobut 100 followers immediately after making a beautiful post. the weak shriveling up into dust. Thats called darwin”
“People call this beautiful? - no, they are crazy, or I am mad! – How I learned now at Oosterbeek [c. 1834-36 that I should look at Nature completely different! In the beginning I could not make anything good; I soon realized that I had to start all over again.”
Johannes Warnardus Bilders (1811–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Fall, October, November, I'm usually at work in Heeze, for interior studies. That is a beautiful, and the most quite time; the leaf of the trees [dropped!], what gives in summer such a strong green light into the domestic interiors. It was in the lodging of the good Saskia [Ciska] .. ..that I always got very special care.”
Suze Robertson (1855–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“if you pile up enough of it, even shit can look beautiful.”
Sabine Hossenfelder (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They say that he [ Floris Verster ] has made beautiful impressionist things in the past, afterwards he suddenly has achieved a tender drawing; in this time for example he painted dead rooks, so intimately pure and at the same time monumental, that it seemed to me the best what was made here [in the Netherlands] about that time. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Jan Mankes (1889–1920) first seen 1877 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to A.A.M. Pauwels, 2 Feb. 1911; as cited Jan Mankes – in woord en beeld, ed. Sjoerd van Faassen; Museum Bèlvédère, Heerenveen, 2015 ISBN 1877-0983, n. 22, p. 50
“I think that the biggest thing I've learned in terms of pursuing careers is that the things that you're most embarrassed about yourself, the things that you feel like are ugly, the things that you really have a hard time with about yourself, are probably the things that are most beautiful about you and they should be embraced and shared with the world.”
David Harbour (born 1975) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Erie Reader (September 12, 2018)
“I have rented a room in Scheveningen to make studies from nature. It is a room with view on the sea; I hope to make there beautiful things, and to keep moving forward. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915) first seen 1831 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to his Belgium friend A. Verwee, 28 Mai 1871; as cited in Hendrik Willem Mesdag 1831 – 1915; De Schilder van de Noordzee, Johan Poort; Mesdag Documentaire Stichting cop, ISBN 90-74192-14-9; 2001, p. 17
“At the coast you can see the most beautiful sea. I also made my panorama there. I regard it as my most important work; because it gives such a huge impression of nature. But I don't like to start it all again; to paint sixteen hundred meters of canvas there.. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mesdag (after 1881), cited by Godfried Bomans?, in magazine De Volkskrant, 23 July, 1966
“Do you remember how beautiful it was, and that silly Mondrian and those silly Buddha positions right in the middle at the beach [of Domburg, Zeeland, in 1906] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Charley Toorop (1891–1955) first seen 1906 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (original Dutch: citaat van Charley Toorop's brief, in het Nederlands:) Weet je nog hoe mooi 't was en die malle en die malle Buddha-houdingen pal-midden op 't strand [of Domburg, Zeeland, in 1906]
“Vetulani is a rebellious artist: when we admire beautiful faces, forms, wide-framed Dutch landscapes, he says "and now for something you haven’t expected." The spectator is awakened from a reverie and confronted with an object of mysterious ugliness, like silicone heads of the pope.”
Tomasz Vetulani (born 1965) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Agnieszka Gołębiewska, Curatorial text accompanying exhibition There is no threat. Weapons and colour, 2017
“I never believed from the day that I met you A loser like me could ever get you When we go out I hear people saying "What's that beautiful girl doing with him?”
“Today's Xiamen is a beautiful garden city, and we hope Kaohsiung will get better as well.”
Han Kuo-yu (born 1957) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Han Kuo-yu (2019) cited in "Xiamen, Kaohsiung sign 30 mln USD fruit, fishery deals" on Xinhuanet, 27 March 2019.
“Trump... said in 2002, "I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy! He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ref: Landon Thomas Jr., Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery "Terrific guy," Donald Trump booms from a speakerphone. "He’s a lot of fun to be with." (Oct 28, 2002) New York magazine.
“When I try to psychoanalyze myself, I find that my desires to look female, to look feminine, and to look beautiful are not exactly the same, but they're woven together so tightly that it's kind of difficult to untangle them.”
Natalie Wynn (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We want women to feel more and more beautiful and self-confident. We don’t like to follow trends, we are loyal to our customers’ expectations, of people looking for high-quality products at a reasonable price”
Paul Marciano (born 1952) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Paul Marciano for Grazia magazine, May 25 2017
“I'd hear a piano It got to the point where I had trouble sleeping It was beautiful so I didn't mind it that much”
Alexandre Bissonnette (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source