“Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruce—to which in fact he was once taken. Trying to imagine the same for a time-transported Nathaniel Hawthorne—who during his first visit to Europe was even shocked by the profusion of naked statues.” TryingFirstsFactsFoundTakenImagineEuropePerformancesLondonNakedShockedStatuesUlyssesHawthorne Book:The Last Novel Source: The Last Novel
“Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.” FirstsFactsRealitySeemsSimpleNakedExplanationCloaksImprobableSimple BeautyHidden Beauty Book:Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences Source: Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
“True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately in vain.” MindFactsEffortNakedVainPeace Of MindAwakenedStarksTrue Peace Author:Zenkei Shibayama
“In the eternal lazy morning of the Pacific, days slip away into months, months into years; the seasons are reduced to the faintest nuance by the great central fact of the sunshine; one might pass a lifetime, it seems, between two yawns, lying bronzed and naked in the sand.” YearsTwoFactsSeemsMightLyingMorningMonthsEternalSeasonsLifetimeNakedSandLazySunshineLos AngelesSlipsPacificNuance Author:Christopher Isherwood
“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.” PeopleIfsWorldWantImportantFactsWould BeTodayFacesNakedHypocrisySmokingInsecurityPotPretendingWorld TodayWhat's ImportantObsceneSmoking Pot Author:John Lennon