“Life is beautiful, and this work is even more beautiful than life.”

Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Business_In_Simple_Language/aiXfDwAAQBAJ

"The Vision", stanza 2; The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D. (London: Bertram Dobell, 1903) p. 20.

Calvero's answer to Terry's question: "What is there to fight for?" in Limelight (1952)
Context: Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. … The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe — turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you — if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.

Source: The Ways and Power of Love (1954), p. xi

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 16.

Quoted in A Living Architecture : Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Architects (2000) by John Rattenbury
Context: Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

Source: East of Eden

1980 - 2000, The Skowhegan Lecture', 1987