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![“The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the transaction. You can scrap a painting of someone's face and it imperils the sitter's self-esteem less than scrapping a painting of the whole naked body.” quote by Lucian Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/lucian-freud-12071_body_the-painting-is-always-done-very-much-wi_2407554.jpg)
![“The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of authority and wealth; it stands for self-denial and self-abnegation, for penance and regret, and is absolutely inert in the face of every [in]dignity, every outrage imposed upon…” quote by Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/emma-goldman-774_abnegation_the-fathers-of-the-church-can-well-affor_1830394.jpg)
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