Michelangelo

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful that the garment with which it is clothed?

Nudist Quotes

Henry David Thoreau (1817-62), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

Walden, "Economy" (1854)