"I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed."
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Academics from the United StatesEducators from the United StatesPeople from PhiladelphiaPainters from the United StatesSculptors from the United States
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Said to art critic Riter Fitzgerald, who quoted Eakins in an article in the Philadelphia Item (1895); cited in Eakins (1967) by Sylvan Schendler, Ch. 10
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