Art Quote by Isadora Duncan

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

“Nude paintings and sculptures are called "art" only in the museums.. Outside of the museums, It is "Absurdity" and "Vulgarity". To respect your own…

— Himmilicious

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

To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate…

— Isadora Duncan

Dance is the most intimate art, the most unbrainy art, because it is done wholly with the body, which is so limited in its…

— Joan Acocella

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

The human body is the best work of art

— Anonymous

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of her soul...This is the truly creative dancer, natural but not imitative, speaking in movement out…

— Isadora Duncan

Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

One of the most striking aspects of abstract art's appearance is her nakedness, an art stripped bare.

— Robert Motherwell

The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the…

— Lucian Freud

“The history of art is full of women lying around naked for erotic consumption by men.”

— Siri Hustvedt