Artist Quote by Antonio Canova

So must the artist do in working at the nude.

— Antonio Canova

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling... The desire to grasp and be united with…

— Kenneth Clark

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must…

— Man Ray

The very idea of the nude is only a neutralization of a primitive and violent act.

— Pierre Klossowski

Traditionally the Nude was used to express formulations about life as larger-than-life, as Heroic or Ideal... The nude is not a 'genre' subject.

— Isabel Bishop

The nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our imaginative experience.

— Kenneth Clark

The noblest art is the nude. This truth is recognized by all, and followed by painters, sculptors and poets. Only the dancer has forgotten…

— Isadora Duncan

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow…

— Kenneth Clark

Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with…

— Edgar Degas

Though some will try to deny it, I believe that every woman, at some time in her life, has had or will have the…

— Bunny Yeager

The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object,…

— Kenneth Clark

The best introduction by far to representation of the human figure in art. The Nude is a beautifully written work of sophisticated connoisseurship that…

— Camille Paglia