"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Beauty Tags: beauty, excellent, there More From Francis Bacon "Friends are thieves of time." "God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures." "A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion." More In Beauty "The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty."― Frank Lloyd Wright "Beauty awakens the soul to act."― Dante Alighieri "A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space."― Clarence Stein