I tend to sleep in the nude. . . I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like I'm boasting.
A nude by Degas is chaste. But his women wash in tubs!
Though some will try to deny it, I believe that every woman, at some time in her life, has had or will have the desire to pose nude.
For me a nude photograph should be erotic, not devoid of emotion. The body is a sensual thing, sensuality being one of its most beautiful and meaningful qualities.
The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be.
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.
Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
Whenever there's a nude scene, it's always uneasy. You're not in the comfort of your own home with your significant other.
Walking around nude in front of humans was not a good way to keep a low profile with the community. It was an excellent way to make new friends, though.
So must the artist do in working at the nude.
If people were meant to be nude, they would have been born this way.
I like to take afternoon naps in the nude.
The main hangup in the world today is hypocrisy and insecurity. If people can't face up to the fact of other people being naked or smoking pot, or whatever they want to do, then we're never going to get anywhere. People have got to become aware that it's none of their business and that being nude is not obscene. Being ourselves is what's important. If everyone practiced being themselves instead of pretending to be what they aren't, there would be peace.
When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.
The nude alone is well dressed
When I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler, just in case I have to prove something.
In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist.
I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.
Of the nude pictures: Sure I posed. I needed the money.
To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself.