Francisco Goya the nude Maja

"Is not nakedness indecent? No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability, that is indecent. There comes moods when these clothes of ours are not only too irksome to wear, but are themselves indecent."

~ Walt Whitman

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Robert Henri 1913 Figure in Motion

"There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant in the laws of the universe than the nude human body."

~ Robert Henri

"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by people of all ages."

~ Auguste Rodin

"I wish we were all naked all the time, ... I have always believed it is what's underneath that counts. If we were all forced to be naked, perhaps we would start to see that a little bit more "

~ Celine Dion

"I am sure no other civilization, not even the Romans, has shown such a vast proportion of ignominious and degraded nudity and ugly, squalid dirty sex. Because no other civilization has driven sex into the underworld, and nudity to the W.C."

~ D. H. Lawrence

"Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame and guilt about the human body."

~ Lee Salk

"Nudity seems to be an issue that America can't get over in general. I wonder when the day will come when we finally become okay with it, with the human form."

~ Daria Werbowy

"Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind."

~ Michel de Montaigne

Good morning.

Good morning.

"Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys."

~ John Donne

"Why should we think nudity is such a revolting thing in a land where there is so much violence and corruption and racism and hatred? Nudity seems like a welcome relief from all the bullshit in life."

~ Anthony Kiedis

"nudity stands for the freedom to free the body from social constraints and clothing"

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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"Whatever the reasons, I enjoyed being nude; it felt natural to me. I got the same kind of pleasure from being free of clothing that many people get from being well dressed."

~ Charis Wilson

"How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle."

~ Katherine Mansfield

"In nakedness, I behold the majesty of the essential instead of the trappings of pretension."

~ Horatio Greenough

"To see you naked is to recall the Earth."

~ Frederico Garcia Lorca

"The noblest art is the nude. This truth is recognized by all, and followed by painters, sculptors and poets. Only the dancer has forgotten it, who should remember it, as the instrument of [the dance] art is the human body itself."

~ Isadora Duncan

"Human beings to me are as much a part of nature as trees or birds, and the unclothed body expresses this belongingness directly and powerfully."

~ Wynn Bullock

The Church says: the body is a sin. Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: The body is a
business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.

~ Eduardo Geleano

It is so basic. A human being is an
innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel at home in our skin. Other animals have coats that they accept, but the human race has yet to come to terms with being nude.

~ Ruth Bernhard

"Warning: Clothing has been shown to cause extreme psychological dependence. Wear it at your own risk."

~ Ben Thornton

"Those who have never worked nude outdoors just can't imagine how much better a breeze feels on their skin than an item of sweaty clothing."

~ Ben Miller

Is not nakedness indecent? No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability, that is indecent.

~ Walt Whitman

I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way ... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.

~ Padma Lakshmi; quoted at Clothes Free Life

Naturism offers a way of being that dares to suggest that who we are without any additions or covering up is all we need to be.

~ Philip Carr-Gomm

"All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature."

~ Zeno of Citium.