Animal Quote by Georges Bataille

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

Eroticism evokes a sense of desire ; vulgarity simply destroys the human value of any sexual act -_-

— Shubhi Sharma

Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is…

— Octavio Paz

Eroticism is mystique; that is, the aura of emotion and imagination around sex. It cannot be 'fixed' by codes of social or moral convenience,…

— Camille Paglia

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

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

What is erotic? The acrobatic play of the imagination. The sea of memories in which we bathe. The way we caress and worship things…

— Diane Ackerman

“The erotic instinct is something questionable, and will always be so whatever a future set of laws may have to say on the matter.…

— C.G. Jung

“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 erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of…

— Audre Lorde

People can find eroticism in relations with people whom they respect and whom they see as equals.

— Catharine MacKinnon

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

— Audre Lorde