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Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.

—Willem de Kooning, 1949

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

—George Eliot, 1872

One’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 BC

All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.

—Fran Lebowitz, 1978

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

—Oscar Wilde, 1890

If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.

—Dolly Parton, 2003

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

—Walt Whitman, 1855

I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.

—Phyllis Diller, 1981

I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

—Elizabeth I, 1588

Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.

—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170

Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1910

Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.

—Marquis de Sade, 1797