Action Quote by Ginger Rogers

But why I cry out against Rubens is because he painted undressed people instead of naked ones.

— E. M. Forster

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling... The desire to grasp and be united with…

— Kenneth Clark

Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with…

— Edgar Degas

The nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our imaginative experience.

— Kenneth Clark

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow…

— Kenneth Clark

The best introduction by far to representation of the human figure in art. The Nude is a beautifully written work of sophisticated connoisseurship that…

— Camille Paglia

I grew up studying classic painters. They certainly didn't shy away from nudes. I don't find anything morally reprehensible about it. I think it…

— Anne Hathaway

So must the artist do in working at the nude.

— Antonio Canova

For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.…

— Toyin Odutola

Though some will try to deny it, I believe that every woman, at some time in her life, has had or will have the…

— Bunny Yeager

I have unbounded admiration for the nude. I worship it like a god.

— Auguste Rodin

These days any self-respecting exhibition of nude photos has to have pornographically explicit images to prove that they are works of art.

— Geoff Dyer