![The noblest art is the nude. This truth is recognized by all, and followed by painters, sculptors and poets. Only the dancer has forgotten it, who should remember it, as the instrument of [the dance] art is the human body itself.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-noblest-art-is-the-nude-this-truth-is-recognized-by-all-and-followed-by-pai.jpg)
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