I feel that my ideas of beauty have been given very strong backing by Botticelli and a few others: Slender hands, long neck, long limbs - look at Nefertiti. She was very teensy-weensy with a long neck and wide-spaced eyes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.
Beauty has a lot to do with character.
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
Beauty arises out of human inspiration.
Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
Look at Nicola Walker in 'Last Tango in Halifax.' She has the most wonderful face. You just want to look at her. And if she'd gone off and had Botox and facelifts, I wouldn't want to look at that face because it wouldn't express anything.
Beauty can come in strange forms.
There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.