"The house, the stars, the desert --..." - Quote by Antoine De Saint Exupery
The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
More by Antoine De Saint Exupery
“Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.”
“Cries of despair, misery, sobbing grief are a kind of wealth.”
“To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.”
More on Beauty
“A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.”
“Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.”
“Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.”
More on Perception
“Perfect alchemists I keep who can transmute substances without end, and thus the corner of my garden is an inexhaustible treasure-chest. Here you can dig, not gold, but the value which gold merely represents; and there is no Signor Blitz about it.”
“Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know the tenth of it. If they were in my shoes they would cry like a baby.”
“If a lobster didn't look like a sci-fi monster, people would be less able to drop him alive into boiling water.”