Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz

I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.

Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli

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

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

The fall couture presentations in Paris are usually my favorite moment on the fashion calendar: beautiful weather, a busy rather than manic schedule, and, let's face it, seeing the artistry, the embroidery, and handmade magnificence that goes into every dress.

Emily Carr
Emily Carr

Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.

George Leigh Mallory
George Leigh Mallory

The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.

James Thomson
James Thomson

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

Jonathan Miles
Jonathan Miles

Think schnitzel, and you usually think veal or pork: pounded into tenderness, battered, and fried to a golden magnificence.

Katherine Dunn
Katherine Dunn

People have been trying for centuries to manipulate genes, enhance certain traits, and achieve racial purity, even in humans. And of course I thought of the Nazis and their efforts toward Aryan magnificence.

Richard J. Needham
Richard J. Needham

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.