Nude Quotes

149 Nude quotes by 125 unique authors

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
O painter skilled in anatomy, beware lest the undue prominence of the bones, sinews and muscles cause you to become a wooden painter from the… — Leonardo da Vinci
When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only… — Leonardo da Vinci
He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture. — Michelangelo
I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on my canvas live… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body. — Robert Henri
When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it. — Robert Henri
I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those really high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals. — Jack Handey
A friend of mine who was a founding father of the Church of Satan, who later I compared notes with, said when he was a… — Anton Szandor LaVey
I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed… — Thomas Eakins
Making love to a Negro isn't frightening; sleeping with him is. Sleep is complete surrender. It's more than nude; it's naked. Anything can happen during… — Unknown Author
I was uncomfortable because I had never been that nude before. I had never shown my legs, and never shown quite that much skin. I… — Mariette Hartley
Just because you can watch half-nude women on afternoon television or gay men kissing on the streets of nearly any major city does not mean… — Anthony Gregory
Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear out but clothes, To keep one from going nude. — Unknown Author
If you get invited to your first orgy, don't just show up nude. That's a common mistake. You have to let nudity 'happen.' — Jack Handey
I was thinking recently, If the body really is the new dress, as some are saying - with women buying boobs, butts, faces - then… — Alber Elbaz
The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient interests, and then… — Thurman Arnold
Being in the nude isn't a disgrace unless you're being promiscuous about it. After all, when God created Adam and Eve, they were stark naked.… — Bettie Page
For me a nude photograph should be erotic, not devoid of emotion. The body is a sensual thing, sensuality being one of its most beautiful… — Wynn Bullock
Cinema doesn't connect with the body as artists have in two thousand years of painting, using the nude as the central figure which the ideas… — Peter Greenaway

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