"Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!" ― Charles Baudelaire Topic(s): Beauty More From Charles Baudelaire "There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create." "Always be a poet, even in prose." "To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art – that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts." More In Beauty "Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let’s hope so. I’m not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let’s hope we’re looking at the insides of people a little more."― Anne Heche "I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within."― Plautus "The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."― James Baldwin