--- title: "4 Lucy Irvine Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "British adventurer and author... | Lucy Irvine is a British adventurer and author. She is known for spending a year on the uninhabited island of Tuin a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-lucy-irvine-70078.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lucy Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-lucy-irvine-70078.jpg) # Lucy Irvine (1956) Writer **4** quotes in **72** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lucy Irvine is a writer. ## Quick Facts About Lucy Irvine Born February 1, 1956 Profession Writer ## About Lucy Irvine British adventurer and author... \| Lucy Irvine is a British adventurer and author. She is known for spending a year on the uninhabited island of Tuin and for her book, Castaway (1983), describing the experience. ## Quotes by Lucy Irvine > [Complete nudity in itself is not erotic. It becomes so only when preceeded by or contrasted to a state of dress. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-irvine/complete-nudity-in-itself-is-not-erotic-it-becomes-so-only-when/) [Lucy Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-irvine/) [Capable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/lucy-irvine-70078_capable_complete-nudity-in-itself-is-not-erotic_577357.png) > [In the first weeks I had occasionally worn clothes in the morning before the sun began its ascent, but very soon I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-irvine/in-the-first-weeks-i-had-occasionally-worn-clothes-in-the-morning/) [Lucy Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-irvine/) [Abandoned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandoned/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/lucy-irvine-70078_abandoned_in-the-first-weeks-i-had-occasionally-wo_642610.png) > [Last night I had rinsed out my sari strip and briefs in the sea. I walked down naked to where they hung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-irvine/last-night-i-had-rinsed-out-my-sari-strip-and-briefs-in-the-sea-i/) [Lucy Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-irvine/) [Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/lucy-irvine-70078_blood_last-night-i-had-rinsed-out-my-sari-stri_855006.png) > [With a little inner pirouette of excitement I realised just how much there was to look forward to tomorrow. The thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-irvine/with-a-little-inner-pirouette-of-excitement-i-realised-just-how-much/) [Lucy Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-irvine/) [Clothings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clothings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/lucy-irvine-70078_clothings_with-a-little-inner-pirouette-of-excitem_1650571.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-irvine/#itemlist", "name": "Lucy Irvine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Complete nudity in itself is not erotic. It becomes so only when preceeded by or contrasted to a state of dress. In this limited context then, all clothes become somewhat immoral, if we define immorality as inciting sexual interest. 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