--- title: "4 Erotic Quotes By Siri Hustvedt" description: "4 Erotic quotes by Siri Hustvedt. Plus more from Siri Hustvedt and more Erotic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/siri-hustvedt-860_art_the-history-of-art-is-full-of-women-lyin_193768.jpg" --- > [“The history of art is full of women lying around naked for erotic consumption by men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-history-of-art-is-full-of-women-lying-around-naked-for-erotic/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/siri-hustvedt-860_art_the-history-of-art-is-full-of-women-lyin_193768.jpg) > [“Erotic pleasure, derived from the most intimate physical contact, thrives on the paradox that only by keeping alive the strangeness of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/erotic-pleasure-derived-from-the-most-intimate-physical-contact/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/siri-hustvedt-860_erotic_erotic-pleasure-derived-from-the-most-in_477778.jpg) > [“we can't escape the erotic vocabulary of our culture any more than we can escape language itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/we-can-t-escape-the-erotic-vocabulary-of-our-culture-any-more-than-we/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/siri-hustvedt-860_language_we-can-t-escape-the-erotic-vocabulary-of_1687532.jpg) > [“The articulation of the other's body in words turns it into a map of possible pleasure, effectively distancing that body by transforming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-articulation-of-the-other-s-body-in-words-turns-it-into-a-map-of/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/siri-hustvedt-860_quote_the-articulation-of-the-other-s-body-in_2149873.jpg) ## Other authors on Erotic - [Fiona Thrust 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/fiona-thrust/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-audre-lorde-15604.jpg) Audre Lorde 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/audre-lorde/) - [Red Phoenix 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/red-phoenix/) - [Ella Dominguez 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/ella-dominguez/) - [Shannon MacLeod 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/shannon-macleod/) - [Martha Sweeney 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/martha-sweeney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-esther-perel-34020.jpg) Esther Perel 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/esther-perel/) - [Grace Willows 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/grace-willows/) ## More by Siri Hustvedt > [I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-am-married-to-a-writer-and-this-writing-is-an-odd-enterprise-it-s/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois and Lee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/with-almost-no-exceptions-art-by-men-is-much-more-expensive-than-art/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-love-the-little-garden-in-the-back-of-my-family-s-brownstone-in/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-watched-holiday-in-college-and-that-was-when-i-had-my-first-fantasy/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [“the impersonal and the personal are always connected.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-impersonal-and-the-personal-are-always-connected/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/when-i-don-t-get-enough-sleep-i-am-cranky-vulnerable-to-headaches-and/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [“Transformation of the self are related to where you are, and identity Is dependent on others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/transformation-of-the-self-are-related-to-where-you-are-and-identity/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/there-s-a-phenomenology-of-being-sick-one-that-depends-on-temperament/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [The faculty of memory cannot be separated from the imagination. They go hand in hand. To one degree or another, we all invent our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-faculty-of-memory-cannot-be-separated-from-the-imagination-they/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [“Looking is part of love, but what you see when you look is anybody's guess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/looking-is-part-of-love-but-what-you-see-when-you-look-is-anybody-s/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/every-sickness-has-an-alien-quality-a-feeling-of-invasion-and-loss-of/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [I have a tendency to face my bad fantasies in my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-have-a-tendency-to-face-my-bad-fantasies-in-my-books/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [“The outside also becomes us. A human being is born an unfinished organism and as the person develops experience with others becomes a physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-outside-also-becomes-us-a-human-being-is-born-an-unfinished/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [I am an American, but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English. My mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-am-an-american-but-a-sense-of-otherness-was-part-of-my-growing-up-i/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [When I was an impoverished graduate student, I would sometimes spend $20 or $30 on a T-shirt or accessory I didn't need or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/when-i-was-an-impoverished-graduate-student-i-would-sometimes-spend/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/siri-hustvedt/#itemlist", "name": "4 Erotic Quotes By Siri Hustvedt", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The history of art is full of women lying around naked for erotic consumption by men.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Siri Hustvedt" }, "url": 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