Beauty Quote by Auguste Rodin

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 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

“But opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, hopes, dreams, future – all the things that we share…

— AnnaLisa Grant

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

Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.

— Pope John Paul II

“Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul. ~ unknown”

— M. Never

“Nudity isn’t beauty, it’s an illusion, one that often disappears at the end of a sexual night. It cannot nourish the soul; it satisfies…

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

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

You know, it's just like being a peddler. You want two breasts? Well, here you are -- two breasts. We must see to it…

— Pablo Picasso

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

Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty,…

— Nikola Tesla

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