Blurry Quote by John Currin

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must…

— Man Ray

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

“Where is the line between art and pornography? But there’s always been a huge overlap between the two; you can see scenes of copulation…

— Alastair Macaulay

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

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

A good nude photograph can be erotic, but certainly not sentimental or pornographic.

— Bill Brandt

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

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

“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

For me a nude photograph should be erotic, not devoid of emotion. The body is a sensual thing, sensuality being one of its most…

— Wynn Bullock

When a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor Nature did. I can conceive of few circumstances wherein I would…

— Thomas Eakins

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with…

— David Bailey