“The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.”

“When Coleridge tried to define beauty, he returned always to one deep thought; beauty, he said, is unity in variety! Science is nothing else than the search to discover unity in the wild variety of nature,—or, more exactly, in the variety of our experience. Poetry, painting, the arts are the same search, in Coleridge’s phrase, for unity in variety.”

“She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was that unity sought for by philosophers through many centuries. In this outdoor waiting room of winds and stars she had been sitting for a hundred years, at peace in the contemplation of herself.”

“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”

“Live simply. Deepest joy is like a flower....beautiful in essence.”

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. ”