Quotes about Ugly

When we stop holding onto the ugly, beauty appears -- and when we stop holding onto lies, truth appears.

"But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.  The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid."

Sometimes, I look for something that is particularly ugly, and I make an effort to see something beautiful in it.  I have found, over the years, that everything I once took for granted - every sun rise, every autumn tree, every intricate shadow - is now stunningly beautiful, and makes my life that much more enjoyable