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Her elegance was in the abstract; in her gait, in her posture, even in how she breathed. — Heru Ptah

There is no such thing as a natural fit between form and content. Seamless elegance would be tantamount to erasure. — Stacey D'Erasmo

It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame. — Joan Fontaine

French elegance lies in the balance of romance and restraint. — Sarah Turnbull

Elegance is not about being noticed, it's about being remembered. — Habeeb Akande

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity. — Giorgio Armani

Self-command is the main elegance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside. — Carolina Herrera

Wear your treasure and you will be Treasured — Treasure Stitches

My goal is never to copy. Create a new style, clear luminous colors and feel the elegance of the models. — Tamara De Lempicka

There has always been an elegance to the application of excellence. — Richard Diaz

Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt. — Donatella Versace

Everywhere, I'm looking to reach elegance and intelligence. — Philippe Starck

Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside. — Coco Chanel

Elegance and smartness is the sexiest thing woman can have, not just the flesh — Baris Gencel

I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic. — Nate Lowman

We believe elegance can be casual. We believe gracefulness can be compatible with fits of laughter. We believe in living a colorful life — Lilly Pulitzer

I was always interested in finding the elegance of each style and understanding why it influences so many people. — Volker Bertelmann

Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity. — Mark Hyman

Modesty is the highest elegance — Coco Chanel

Prettiness fades after a few years, but elegance only increases with age. — Anne Gracie

In her desire, she confused the sensual pleasures of luxury with the joys of the heart, elegance of manner with delicacy of feeling. — Gustave Flaubert

Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility. It insists on living its own life. — Jean Cocteau

As my former Yale colleague Rogers Smith has put it: Elegance is not worth that price. — John Lewis Gaddis

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism. — Christian Lacroix

I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date. — Alice Temperley

I love to wear my own Jade Jagger ball gowns. I love their timeless elegance, of course with my own jewelry. — Jade Jagger

Elegance is refusal. — Coco Chanel

Sleaze is a point by point refutation of elegance. — Mason Cooley

I have admired Melissa Pritchard's writing for several years now for its wisdom, its humble elegance, and its earthy comedy. — Rick Moody

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades. — Audrey Hepburn

Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others. — Paulo Coelho

Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed. — Karl Lagerfeld

[On Lou Tellegen's Women Have Been Kind:] The book ... has all the elegance of a quirked little finger and all the glitter of a pair of new rubbers. — Dorothy Parker

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement. — Andre Leon Talley

If computers were cars, the Mac would be a Lexus for its reliability and elegance. The PC? An AMC Gremlin. — John Francis Dodge

Natural elegance inspires the mind. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

It seems strange to me that mechanical progress always seems to leave the slower demands of elegance far behind. — William Pene Du Bois

Good character is Beauty — Treasure Stitches

Elegance doesn't mean being noticed, it means being remembered — Giorgio Armani

As a form, the picture book has a similar elegance to the short story. — Gabrielle Zevin

Elegance is innate ... individual ... eternal ... it stands the test of time! — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed. — Jean Cocteau

Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it. — Ursula K. Le Guin

To be alive is to totally and openly participate in the simplicity and elegance of here and now. — Don Altman

Elegance is achieved when, having discarded all superfluous things, we discover simplicity and concentration. — Paulo Coelho

I love the way he says my name. With the elegance and utmost respect of a King, just before he bows to his Queen. — M.J. Abraham

The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius. — Alan Greenspan

The elegance of a really good screenplay, I admire it. I can't do it. — Janet Fitch

Knowledge is the only elegance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance. — Joseph Joubert

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because thy require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun. — Yves Saint-Laurent

The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart. — Oscar De La Renta

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. — Robert Fitzgerald

What is elegance? Soap and water! — Cecil Beaton

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it. — Claes Oldenburg

Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show. — Christian Dior

To enjoy life at its best, be an epitome of style and elegance. — Debasish Mridha

Elegance is exquisite polish. — Suzanne Curchod

Elegance is the balance between PROPORTION, EMOTION & SURPRISE. — Valentino Garavani

Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution. — Louisa May Alcott

Her painting was vaporous and unsubstantial, but it had a flowerlike grace and even a certain careless elegance. There — W. Somerset Maugham

Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant. — Carolina Herrera

Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside. — Coco Chanel

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character. — Christian Louboutin

Elegance is a statement, an attitude. Elegant women are women of character with confidence. — Elie Saab

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house. — Meg Ryan

Elegance is accepted and admired because it makes no effort to be elegant. — Paulo Coelho

Elegance is timeless — Habeeb Akande

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. — Diana Vreeland

I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence. — Pierce Brosnan

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. — Carolina Herrera

Beauty is power and elegance, right action, form fitting function, intelligence, and reasonability. And very often expressed in curves. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Come back
believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain — W.S. Merwin

You have to look good when you are riding, you have to impress your adversary with your elegance. To look good is already to go fast. — Paul Fournel

Explore the elegance of love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

New Orleans is a city of elegance, beauty, and refinement. — Tom Piazza

Simplicity is the soul of modern elegance. — Bill Blass

Elegance is a question of personality, more than one's clothing. — Jean Paul Gaultier

( ... ) An amalgam of sexual excess and demonic elegance, as likely to fuck you as tear out your heart. — Clive Barker

Elegance lies not in the clothes we wear, but in the way we wear them. — Paulo Coelho

Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings? — Edouard Manet

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. — Benjamin Disraeli

It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry. — Cesar Romero

Sex needed to be a little rough and crude to balance out the elegance. A touch of tasteful violence goes a long way. — Karina Halle

I enjoy very much seeing a good photographer working. There's an elegance, just like in a bullfight. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

elegance and euphoria — Jennifer Niven

Elegance is not everything. — Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

The Stockholm street style is distinctive, with ensembles that exemplify the city's understated elegance. — Aslaug Magnusdottir

Diligence leads to elegance — Rajesh Walecha

Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man. — Seneca The Younger

There is a certain elegance in wasting time. Any fool can waste money, but when you waste time you waste what is priceless. — W. Somerset Maugham

Fashion is nothing more than the temporary custom of rich and idle people who make it their principal business to study the external elegance of life. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton

simplicity is the key of elegance — Coco Chanel

Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance — Samuel Johnson

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity. — Fernando J. Corbato

Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance — Christian Dior

He endearing elegance of female friendship. — Samuel Johnson

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes. — Rita Hayworth