Arresting Quote by Richard Fleischer

Pornography: That which excites, whether from approval or disapproval.

— Leonard Rossiter

Pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thoughts...Sounds like almost every commercial on TV to me.

— Bill Hicks

“Art is sanctioned pornography”

— Stewart Home

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature.

— Camille Paglia

... the place we assign to pornography depends on the goals we set for our own consciousness, our own experience.

— Susan Sontag

If we define pornography as any message from any communication medium that is intended to arouse sexual excitement, then it is clear that most…

— Philip Slater

In short, pornography is not about sex. It's about an imbalance of male-female power that allows and even requires sex to be used as…

— Gloria Steinem

“At the heart of pornography is a pursuit of a short-term pleasure at the expense of a long-term good.”

— Darrin Patrick

Anytime something becomes widely condemned and taboo, it will be eroticized.

— Dian Hanson

Pornography is in the loin of the beholder.

— Charles Rembar

Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thoughts; that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thoughts. Hmm.…

— Bill Hicks

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few…

— Robertson Davies