My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility about beauty and how to make gumbo.

Being nerdy just means being passionate about something including everyone - the coolest people on Earth are passionate and therefore nerdy about something whatever it is whether it's sports or gaming or technology or fashion or beauty or food or whatever.

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms which gives music its beauty.

I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.

When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process which should be about how much responsibilities you carry as an athlete and a citizen.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it.

I have a desire to create more film more beauty more art more love but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

Blanche talks about aging and why should she be considered poor because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful and so telling and so true.