The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985Quotes
The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.
—Marcel Proust, 1919The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
—Chinua Achebe, 1958If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1978One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCTo lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1949And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605