“Easy to know that diamonds are precious. Good to learn that rubies have depth. But more to see that pebbles are miraculous.”— Josef Albers
“Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.”— Archimedes
“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.”— Joseph Addison
“She was beautiful; but her beauty was of that order which is doomed to grievous deterioration and decay.”— Mary Elizabeth Braddon
“A lonely way, and as I went my eyes could not withhold their tears for the deep pathos of my life and all this beautiful world.”— William Allingham
“How glorious the prospect! a spacious lawn, embellished with green meadows, and plains of the native grass...”— William Bartram
“I think the real test of a musician is not how fast you can play, but how you can make a simple melody sound beautiful.”— Gary Burton