“Janet has been in the art world for many, many years. She has certainly worked with galleries, but the idea of exhibiting in a home furnishings store, which is so in keeping with what she's doing in her paintings, is a wonderful complement and fresh approach, a twist on the exhibit world. At Rodney Hunter, we specialize in teak wood furniture, so her warm tones enliven our pieces, and our furniture, as elegant as it is, elevates her work.”

“The living room actually turned out more elegant than we planned. Dan built bookcases on either side of the fireplace, added trim to the mantel and installed an electric fireplace.”

“A chignon is an elegant twist on the ponytail and perfect for formal occasions. But it's also an easy and practical choice that works any time you want to keep hair off your face.”

“He was a principled foreign secretary, he was reforming leader of the house and even when he resigned regretfully from the government he did on principle he did it with style and elegance,”

When the conventional wisdom of physics seemed to conflict with an elegant theory of his, Einstein was inclined to question that wisdom rather than his theory, often to have his stubbornness rewarded.

What makes human life meaningful? I still felt literature provided the best account of the life of the mind, while neuroscience laid down the most elegant rules of the brain.

“The amazing thing about the house is the quality of the craftsmanship. The detail, whether in the woodwork or the glass of the windows, there is infinite detail, things I can constantly appreciate. The other thing is that it is elegant but not formal.”

I stare at the long, almost elegant thinness of the wrist bone jutting out from a heap of flesh and cloth. All that separates us, that poor woman and me, is an accident of birth.

“My leaving Schwab was on less than elegant terms, ... What is really humbling is to have time to reflect on what you've done and what you could have done better.”

I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed.