Nude Quotes

There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth. (F. H. Bradley)
No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals. View quote
Kenneth Clark
Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a female nude or some sort of anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order. View quote
Maurice Denis
The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object, the human body, and puts it out of reach of time and desire; it takes the most purely rational concept of which mankind is capable, mathematical order, and makes it a delight to the senses; and it takes the vague fears of the unknown and sweetens them by showing that the gods are like men and may be worshiped for their life-giving beauty rather than their death-dealing powers. View quote
Kenneth Clark
Painters and sculptors under the Nazis often depicted the nude, but they were forbidden to show any bodily imperfections. Their nudes look like pictures in physique magazines: pinups which are both sanctimoniously asexual and (in a technical sense) pornographic, for they have the perfection of a fantasy. View quote
Susan Sontag
I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed. View quote
Thomas Eakins
Every day I studied the nude, and movement in the streets and in the shops [in Berlin]. Out of the naturalistic surface with all its variations I wanted to derive the pictorially determined surface. View quote
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
What?" Jace was still staring at her as if she'd told him she'd found one of the Silent Brothers doing nude cartwheels in the hallway. View quote
Cassandra Clare
I don't wear anything in bed. But I'm not ready for a nude scene quite yet. View quote
Nigella Lawson
Mythological subjects always new. Modern subjects difficult because of the absence of the nude and the wretchedness of modern costume. View quote
Eugène Delacroix
Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress. (John Berger)
I sleep in the nude but I pull the sheets up. View quote
Marilyn Monroe
There were nude pictures... a lot of it is erotic or sexual. But I don't view my collection as dirty in any way. I view it as art. View quote
Paul Reubens
A woman should dress to attract attention. To attract the most attention, a woman should either be nude or wearing something as expensive as getting her nude is going to be. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene. View quote
Robert Bresson
I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake. View quote
Alyssa Milano
I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life. View quote
LaToya Jackson
There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the camera. And in this poster, I'm looking dead into the camera with no expression on my face. I think it freaks a lot of people out. View quote
Rooney Mara
Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art. View quote
Ashley Madekwe
I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep. View quote
Laura Prepon
Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will. (Rebecca Romijn)
You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it. View quote
Sonia Rykiel
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it. View quote
Sally Rand
I have no problem with nudity. I can look at myself. I like walking around nude. It doesn't bother me. I see all the people walking around nude; it doesn't bother me. View quote
Ursula Andress
He [Renoir] is a subtle and brilliant draughtsman.... all these preliminary drawings [in Renoir's studio] would astonish the public who obviously imagine the 'Impressionists' work at tremendous speed. I don't believe one can go further [in making sketches as studies] than this in the study of form in a drawing. I am charmed by his 'Nude Bathers' quite as much as those by Ingres. He [Renoir] tells me that he thinks the nude is absolutely indispensable as an art form. View quote
Berthe Morisot