The erotic or the sexual is the root of "art"; its first impulse.

Claes Oldenburg

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Topic

Sex Art

Speaker

Claes Oldenburg

Language

English

Time

20th century

Occupation

Sculptor Artist

From

Sweden Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Oldenburg, Claes and Germano Celant. Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology. Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1995, p. 13.

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Electric flesh-arrows...traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm.

Anaïs Nin

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Topic
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Author

Anaïs Nin
Source
Journals of Anaïs Nin
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "October, 1937." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 2, 1934–1939, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1967.