"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves." ― Walt Whitman Topic(s): Beauty More From Walt Whitman "The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." "Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." "I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep." More In Beauty "When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase."― Bernard Berenson "I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ the only one I could get tickets for, and then ‘Les Miserables’ and then ‘Chicago.’"― America Ferrera "Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?"― Mason Cooley