Abstract Quote by Robert Motherwell

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

— Robert Motherwell

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

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

— William Blake

The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

— William Blake

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

— Siri Hustvedt

The highest condition of art is artlessness.

— Henry David Thoreau

The highest art is artlessness.

— Francis Alexander Durivage

“Picasso sure had a thing for naked women. Why not draw them with their clothes on? Who sits around without a shirt on, plucking…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

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

“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

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

“I had never seen a photo of a naked woman before—only paintings and sculptures in the Hermitage.”

— Mikhail Iossel