Abstract Quote by Kenneth Clark

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

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

— Isabel Bishop

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

— Bill Brandt

The very idea of the nude is only a neutralization of a primitive and violent act.

— Pierre Klossowski

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 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

Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could never hope…

— J. G. Ballard

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

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

To me, nudity is a joke. I don't think nude people are very attractive at all. I like my women fully clothed. I like…

— Charles Bukowski

I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it - I don't think it's something that one should just jump into…

— Morena Baccarin