Abstract Quote by 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 very idea of the nude is only a neutralization of a primitive and violent act.

— Pierre Klossowski

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 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

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

I began to think about the extent to which nude and semi-nude female bodies are commonplace in our present day culture and how young…

— Denise Duhamel

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

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 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

The nude, if you tackle it, is a very fascinating subject, especially for a woman.

— Isabel Bishop

“The acceptance of woman as object of the desiring male gaze in the visual arts is so universal that for a woman to question…

— Linda Nochlin

Traditionally the Nude was used to express formulations about life as larger-than-life, as Heroic or Ideal... The nude is not a 'genre' subject.

— Isabel Bishop