George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Anglo-Irish playwright, critic

The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that figure to take its clothes off.

— George Bernard Shaw

Amateur Photographer (London, 16 Oct. 1902; repr. in Bernard Shaw on Photography, 1989)

Nudist Quotes

God Created It

"Because God created it, the human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve intact its splendor and dignity"

— Pope John Paul II in 1981