Quotation by

Margaret Bourke-White

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Beauty

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

The special qualities or charm that something had in earlier times exist only in that time and cannot be brought into the present. Appreciating what was beautiful before means recognizing it as part of history, not something to hold onto now.

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