“In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.”
The Photographer’s Wife
Gigi (1945)
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“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”
Der christliche Entschluss, die Welt hässlich und schlecht zu finden, hat die Welt hässlich und schlecht gemacht.
Sec. 130
The Gay Science (1882)

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“I don’t believe in spiritualism. Personally, I find it quite ugly.”
TV Series and Specials (Includes DVDs), Derren Brown: Séance (2004)

“To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet.”
Statement (5 August 1888), as quoted in The life of Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 (1962) by Florence Emily Hardy

“I suffered at the time from an ugliness I no longer find on my childhood face.”
The Thief's Journal (1949)
“You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most… you are beastly.”
Source: Beastly