Nakedness Quotes

87 quotes by 74 authors

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress. — John Berger
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. — Otto von Bismarck
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach,… — Miguel de Cervantes
Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true… — Bernard de Mandeville
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain. — Oliver Goldsmith
One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. — Harold Pinter
After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he will answer "Nothing,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the… — Meister Eckhart
The best dress for walking is nakedness. But our sad though fascinating world rarely offers the right and necessary combinations of weather and privacy, and… — Colin Fletcher
Now, nakedness is a delightful condition. And it keeps you very pleasantly cool - especially, I suppose, if you happen to be a man. But… — Colin Fletcher
Bare skin is the one and only right criterion for receiving water's gracious acceptance or any acceptance whatsoever from that element. But Pliny also seems… — Janet Lembke
In nakedness I behold the majesty of the essential instead of the trappings of pretension. — Horatio Greenough
Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self, in which case, it is best that the garment… — James A. Baldwin
I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of… — Edmund Burke
Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect that's glandular. As for children, I keep as far from them… — Gore Vidal
To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked… — John Berger
We are social beings who make communities with an urgency, and it is a stern charge to make us take refuge in the lonely world… — Vijay Prashad
I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness. — Hunter S. Thompson
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion… — William Blake
When I write, I don't know what is going to emerge. I begin in a condition of complete unknowing, an utter nakedness of concept or… — Jane Hirshfield

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