--- title: "13 Skin Soul Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Skin Soul quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Skin Soul sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/alex-grey-9651_art_art-is-the-skin-of-the-soul-234739_234739.jpg" --- > [Art is the skin of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-grey/art-is-the-skin-of-the-soul/) [Alex Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/alex-grey-9651_art_art-is-the-skin-of-the-soul-234739_234739.jpg) > [I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-am-not-this-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am-the-soul-that-lives-within/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/rumi-56_hair_i-am-not-this-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i_2481395.jpg) > [“I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. —Rumi”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-anthony-gibbs/i-am-not-this-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am-the-soul-that-lives-within-2/) [Russell Anthony Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-anthony-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/russell-anthony-gibbs-19771_soul_i-am-not-this-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i_2628062.jpg) > [“We’re all puzzle boxes, skeleton and skin, soul and shadow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/we-re-all-puzzle-boxes-skeleton-and-skin-soul-and-shadow/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/seanan-mcguire-972_soul_we-re-all-puzzle-boxes-skeleton-and-skin_261315.jpg) > [“Scars will forever show in our hearts, on our skin or in our soul, but it is up to us to show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-harter/scars-will-forever-show-in-our-hearts-on-our-skin-or-in-our-soul-but/) [Amanda Harter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-harter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/amanda-harter-218353_beauty_scars-will-forever-show-in-our-hearts-on_2787532.jpg) > [Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/every-artist-undresses-his-subject-whether-human-or-still-life-it-is/) [Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/richard-corliss-4476_art_every-artist-undresses-his-subject-wheth_100461.png) > [“the soul has no skin; the soul only has insides that want to sing, finally, can't you hear it, brothers? softly, can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-soul-has-no-skin-the-soul-only-has-insides-that-want-to-sing/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/charles-bukowski-73_quote_the-soul-has-no-skin-the-soul-only-has-i_1872541.jpg) > [I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am not your expectations no. I am not my hair. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie-2/i-am-not-my-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am-not-your-expectations-no-i/) [India.Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/india-arie-2-7871_expectations_i-am-not-my-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am_866959.jpg) > [“take me everything you want.. take my clothes, my shoes.. even my skin.. but my soul is something that you can't take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/take-me-everything-you-want-take-my-clothes-my-shoes-even-my-skin-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/anonymous-1_soul_take-me-everything-you-want-take-my-clot_2390358.jpg) > [“They're in your fucking skin, in your soul, like the essence of who they are is imprinted on you so completely they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasinda-wilder/they-re-in-your-fucking-skin-in-your-soul-like-the-essence-of-who/) [Jasinda Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasinda-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/jasinda-wilder-1270_essence_they-re-in-your-fucking-skin-in-your-sou_1070689.png) > [It has nothing to do with age, it's not our languages, religion, gender, coulour of our skin; It's a soul within a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawud-wharnsby-ali/it-has-nothing-to-do-with-age-it-s-not-our-languages-religion-gender/) [Dawud Wharnsby Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawud-wharnsby-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/dawud-wharnsby-ali-30079_age_it-has-nothing-to-do-with-age-it-s-not-o_1476748.jpg) > [“I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for the eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-barbetti/i-was-naked-under-his-gaze-skin-was-just-that-skin-but-to-see-your/) [Whitney Barbetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-barbetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/whitney-barbetti-33473_love_i-was-naked-under-his-gaze-skin-was-just_262281.jpg) > [“…..in that blurred state between awake and asleep when too many intake valves are open in the soul. Like the terrestial crust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-carson/in-that-blurred-state-between-awake-and-asleep-when-too-many-intake/) [Anne Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/anne-carson-1985_cold-air_in-that-blurred-state-between-awake-and_1085181.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/skin-soul/#itemlist", "name": "Skin Soul Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is the skin of the soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex Grey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-grey/art-is-the-skin-of-the-soul/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/alex-grey-9651_art_art-is-the-skin-of-the-soul-234739_234739.jpg", "contentUrl": 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I am not this skin. I am not your expectations no. I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am the SOUL that lives within", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "India.Arie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie-2/i-am-not-my-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am-not-your-expectations-no-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/india-arie-2-7871_expectations_i-am-not-my-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am_866959.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/india-arie-2-7871_expectations_i-am-not-my-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am_866959.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/india-arie-2-7871_expectations_i-am-not-my-hair-i-am-not-this-skin-i-am_866959.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am not your expectations no. I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I…” — India.Arie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“take me everything you want.. take my clothes, my shoes.. even my skin.. but my soul is something that you can't take me.. it's something that you can't touch!..”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/take-me-everything-you-want-take-my-clothes-my-shoes-even-my-skin-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/anonymous-1_soul_take-me-everything-you-want-take-my-clot_2390358.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/anonymous-1_soul_take-me-everything-you-want-take-my-clot_2390358.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/anonymous-1_soul_take-me-everything-you-want-take-my-clot_2390358.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“take me everything you want.. take my clothes, my shoes.. even my skin.. but my soul is something that you…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They're in your fucking skin, in your soul, like the essence of who they are is imprinted on you so completely they are the very air you breathe, like each molecule of who you are is tangled together. That's love.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jasinda Wilder" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasinda-wilder/they-re-in-your-fucking-skin-in-your-soul-like-the-essence-of-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/jasinda-wilder-1270_essence_they-re-in-your-fucking-skin-in-your-sou_1070689.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/jasinda-wilder-1270_essence_they-re-in-your-fucking-skin-in-your-sou_1070689.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/jasinda-wilder-1270_essence_they-re-in-your-fucking-skin-in-your-sou_1070689.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They're in your fucking skin, in your soul, like the essence of who they are is imprinted on you so…” — Jasinda Wilder", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It has nothing to do with age, it's not our languages, religion, gender, coulour of our skin; It's a soul within a well, that echoes deep beneath the ego's shell. 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Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for the eyes of someone you barely knew-that was terrifying.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Whitney Barbetti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-barbetti/i-was-naked-under-his-gaze-skin-was-just-that-skin-but-to-see-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/whitney-barbetti-33473_love_i-was-naked-under-his-gaze-skin-was-just_262281.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/whitney-barbetti-33473_love_i-was-naked-under-his-gaze-skin-was-just_262281.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/whitney-barbetti-33473_love_i-was-naked-under-his-gaze-skin-was-just_262281.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. 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