Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920Quotes
Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1967One’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 BCNothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.
—Karl Marx, 1860Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1978