Quote by Ellen Willis

What turns me on is erotica; what turns you on is pornographic.

— Ellen Willis

Erotica is pornography I am willing to publicly admit I like.

— Spider Robinson

Since the point of erotica is to offer the consumer sexual experiences without having to compromise with the demands of the other sex, it…

— Steven Pinker

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

— Gloria Steinem

Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer.

— Andrea Dworkin

“The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women. It has been made into the confused, the trivial, the psychotic, the…

— Audre Lorde

The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting.

— Gloria Leonard

Erotica: the depiction of naked men. Depictions of naked women are far less innocent and are known as pornography.

— Richard Summerbell

Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case…

— Kenneth Tynan

We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a…

— Audre Lorde

“Pornography is certainly more beautiful than eroticism. Eroticism is ugly. Eroticism is an ideology... there is nothing more boring than eroticism, it's worse than…

— Pierre Guyotat

“There's mainstream pornography--soft-core airbrushed fluff such as Penthouse and Playboy. The folks makin' this stuff do men and their range of desires a disservice;…

— Lisa Jervis