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“An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as equals, learn from each other and strive together to improve our lives.”

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Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda, born on January 2, 1928, is a renowned Japanese educator, philosopher, and writer. He served as the president of the Soka Gakkai and is currently the honorary president. Ikeda is dedicated to promoting peace, education, and cultural activities, making significant contributions to global peace and development. more

“To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

“So must the artist do in working at the nude.”

Artist Beauty

Author:Antonio Canova

“When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the camera was seeing. I interfered very little, and the lens produced anatomical images and shapes which my eyes had never observed.”

Littles Eye Beauty Saws Seeing Shapes Cameras Photograph Lenses

Book:Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography

Source: Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography

“I remember trying not to disrupt everyone else in the room, fumbling around trying to figure out how to use the medium with a beautiful model disrobed in front of me.”

Trying Use Beautiful Remember Rooms Beauty Fronts Figures Models Mediums

Author:Don Watson

“A pretty girl who is naked / is worth a million statues”

Girl Beauty Millions Naked Statues Pretty Girl

Book:AnOther E.E. Cummings

Source: AnOther E.E. Cummings

“Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole.”

Ifs Simple Beauty Audience Honest Creatures Concerned Occupation Keyholes

Author:Edgar Degas

“Nudity is a problem for Americans. It disrupts our social exchange.”

Problem Social Beauty Nudity

Author:Eric Fischl

“I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.”

Ideas Character Form Song Involved Projects Musical Driven Cycles

Author:Tori Amos

“I couldn't portray a woman in all her natural loveliness... I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty.”

Natural Beauty Havens Skills Loveliness

Book:Georges Braque

Source: Georges Braque

“The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the torso, back, legs, arms and knees, with bones underneath.”

Men Memories Beauty Arms Exercise Draws Men And Women Constant Legs Bones Best Things Knees Muscles Torso

Book:Vasari on technique: being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects

Source: Vasari on technique: being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects

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