“Beauty should be edible, or not at all.”

“Everything here is edible; even I'm edible. But that, dear children, is cannibalism, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion.”

Alber Elbaz (1961–2021) Israeli fashion designer

“Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it.”

Nigel Slater (1958) English food writer, journalist and broadcaster

“Hell’s put in a skating rink,” Shane said. “This is actually edible, Eve.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

“Beauty should be around the beautiful.”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist

“If there is anything beautiful other than absolute beauty, that can only be beautiful as far as it partakes of absolute beauty—and this I should say of everything. …by beauty all things become beautiful. …by greatness only great things become great and greater and greater, and by smallness the less becomes less.”

Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher

“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”

Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary

“Anybody who destroys anything made of stone should be prosecuted. It is not all beautiful, but it took a man all day to make one stone.”

Fred Dibnah (1938–2004) English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering

“She was starting to feel a little like a hamburger at a dieters’ convention. Nobody was likely to snack on her, but absolutely everybody noticed she was edible.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer