John Berger, Bell Hook, Linda Nochlin

John Berger -
                       1.)  "To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself."
                       2.) "The nude in European oil painting is usually presented as an admiral expression of the European humanist spirit."

Bell Hooks -
                       1.) "Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation."
                       2.)"Listen to the voices of wounded grown children raised in patriarchal homes and you will hear different versions with the same underlying theme, the use of violence to reinforce our indoctrination and acceptance of patriarchy."  "Well, if women really are equal to men, why have there never been any great women artists (or composers, or mathematicians, or philosophers, or so few of the same)?

Linda Nochlin - 
                        1.) "Well, if women really are equal to men, why have there never been any great women artists (or composers, or mathematicians, or philosophers, or so few of the same)?
                        2.) "Women artists are more inward-looking, more delicate and nuanced in their treatment of their medium, it may be asserted."