126 Quotes About Elegance

...the ladies of Cranford always dressed with chaste elegance and propriety...

In character, in manner, in style, in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.

et iam nox umida caelo praecipitat suadentque cadentia sidera somnos

Etiquette teaches the distinct elegance of demeanor

An elegant behavior, an elegant look, an elegant word, an elegant posture, an elegant idea, they are all moonlight, mysterious and magical, calming and peaceful!

The thing with the new world,” the tuba had said once, “is it’s just horrifically short on elegance.

...elegance loses its power in the presence of the properly stupid...

Elegance is an attitude