The Naked Eye

Charles Saatchi

• Publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781861543400
• eBook ISBN: 9781861543523
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Photography

Charles Saatchi's new book based on extraordinary unphotoshopped images

Table of contents

• Contents
• Elephants are more interesting than most humans.
• Try telling Bill Rankin that clouds are soft and fluffy.
• No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim.
• Rather poor Yu than poor me.
• Who is the worst mother on earth?
• Would all those who believe in telekenisis, please raise my hand.
• Can you name ten towns in Belgium?
• What is the most moving art you’ve ever seen?
• Illusion or delusion?
• Books are a mighty bloodless substitute for living.
• Is shopping for shoes a giant problem?
• Have you ever eaten a delicious duck foetus?
• Every bubble bursts and leaves a fool bust.
• Ants shall inherit what’s left of the Earth.
• There’s a shadow hanging over me.
• We’re frightened of sharks, but what are sharks afraid of?
• Ballet is sexier than you thought.
• I am cowed by cows, let alone bulls.
• When I hear the drumming of hooves, I don’t think unicorns. I think horses.
• Fish are enough to put you off your chips.
• Birds sing sweetly, but kill swiftly.
• Are we bi-polar about snow?
• Swimming in blood.
• Do only phoney photographers photograph with their phone?
• You are simply a soft, ripe target.
• Monks and nuns can be the most fearsome creatures on earth.
• When you hear ‘Chippendales’ do you think of chairs?
• Being a witch can be a curse.
• The missing bathplug in your Russian hotel.
• The slow driver holding you up is a moron. The fast driver overtaking you is a maniac.
• If you get a chance, please pass this to Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum.
• Gone with the Wind is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood history.
• Death of a Wimbledon Finalist.
• Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
• Miles beneath your feet, the Earth is trembling.
• Bowled over by big boulders.
• I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it together again.
• Everything that can be invented has been invented.
• It’s not just comedians who can die on stage.
• Burn your pashmina today.
• Let’s hope Einstein was wrong for once.
• Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
• If they can’t see you, they can’t eat you.
• The mysteries of the deep grow deeper.
• Would you rather be honoured with a giant tree, or a postage stamp?
• The average woman’s handbag weighs the same as five packs of sugar.
• If you want to win an Oscar, go to Yale.
• Slay a dragon before breakfast.
• We should never have taught Portugal how to play football.
• Nobody ignores a telegram.
• I don’t love Paris.
• The biggest film set in the world.
• Cats can make cowards out of conquerors.
• What the UFO is that?
• Did Concorde’s boom make it go bust?