Beauty's choicest mirror is an admiring eye.
- James Lendall Basford

In ourselves, rather than in material nature, lie the true source and life of the beautiful. The human soul is the sun which diffuses light on every side, investing creation with its lovely hues, and calling forth the poetic element that lies hidden in every existing thing.
- Giuseppe Mazzini

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
- Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness. John Keats

That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate.
- Charles Caleb Colton

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown
In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities,
Where most may wonder at the workmanship.
- John Milton

We use our brains too little, and when we do, it is only to make excuses for our reflexes and our instincts. ~Martin H. Fischer

When you see a nude, enjoy what is in your sight. There is simplicity in viewing nudes that you do not get when looking at the clothed body. The only modifier to an image of an undressed body is the photographer's perception. The rest of the experience happens within your own mind.

"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight, For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." — Romeo

"Flesh goes on pleasuring us, and humiliating us, right to the end." ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one. ~Astrid Alauda

If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong. ~Thomas Jefferson

How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle? ~Katherine Mansfield, Bliss and Other Stories

Most guys aren't that picky. They may have quicker reflexes around large breasts, but they need more to keep them interested. We know plenty of women whose sex appeal makes their breasts exactly the right size. ~From "The Playboy Advisor," Playboy magazine, March 2004, in answer to the question, "If you have small breasts, how do you make yourself look sexy? Most guys want girls with large breasts."

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." Ralph Waldo Emerson

True sensuality is fragile and rare, and thus must be enjoyed slowly or you will destroy it.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha

"I saw an angel in the stone and carved to set her free."
Michelangelo

Appreciating beauty is obvious. But to some, taking the time to appreciate that beauty is set aside for other gains. Don't get lost in the chase, you may pass by real treasure in the quest for perceived riches.

The afternoon light found here was fun and easy to use in this location.