“Beauty: it curves, curves are beauty.”
― James Joyce
“Curves are so emotional.” ― Piet Mondrian
“My live is one long curve, full of turning points.”
― Pierre Trudeau
The shape of a curve – elegant, delicate, graceful – is so very pleasing to my eye. In calligraphy, cursive is the romantic way to write. All those curvy embellishments just beg you to dawdle lovingly over every letter. Curves are about pleasure, I think. In Nature or in man-made objects, curves lend a sense of the exotic. No wonder I find so many examples in my photos! Here’s a gallery of images, strung together like a love letter in script. I hope you enjoy it!
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Beautiful gallery of curves. I especially like the one with the raindrops.
Thanks, Pat!
Wonderful examples of curves Priscilla! I agree with Pat, my favorite is the plant with raindrops!
Thanks, Anne! That’s some type of spruce in Wisconsin on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
I love all of these images of curves.
Thanks! I’m glad!
Such fun photos and quotes
And I wonder about the Mondrian quote and he had less curves in his later works – all those strait lines and primary colors and so maybe he stayed away from curves if he thought they were too emotional ?
Hmmmmm
That’s what I was thinking. He was trying to downplay the emotion, I think.
Yeah and it is a little hard to tell what he was thinking because we have a very small quote there and it makes me curious as to the context and overall discussion that led to that quote you gave us!
But we sure don’t always need to have context to use quotes – right?
Beautiful post and images. There is something so gracious and satisfying about curves. Imagine a world without them. I couldn’t.
Thanks, Don. I think there are very few naturally straight lines (crystals) and that curves are Nature’s grace.
Love your gallery, Priscilla. “Curves are about pleasure, I think.” I think so too. The raindrops, the guitars, the fronds, the beautiful steps – and the quotes. Thank you for a bright and positive post. Always needed.
My pleasure, Ann-Christine! 🙂
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Marvelous gallery Priscilla. So many terrific images but my favorite is the one with the dewdrops.
Thanks, Tina. Yes, that one seems to be getting a lot of favorite votes!
How lovely! The sundial and the arch in the architecture are especially magnificent.
Glad you like them! 🙂
WOW. Great quotes, GREAT photos. Excellent.
Thanks, John! 🙂
Hello. There’s something graceful about curves that humans seem to respond to instinctively.
Absolutely! 🙂