Erin Heatherton Quotes

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.

The body is an amazing system.

I wanted to be a physical therapist because I had torn up my knee and thought it was interesting with the rehab and whatever. I did kinesiology, and after the first four days of class, I dropped out because I was like, 'This ain't the class for me!'

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies.

There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.

Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.

I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

There is something fundamentally fascinating about the mechanics, I guess, of the human body and where consciousness and mind exist, and what you can do with the mechanics of the body while keeping those intact, and where those two cross over.

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

Men are creatures with two legs and eight hands.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

Some coaches are not educated at the elite level in health and nutrition. They're not educated in how the body works from anatomy and physiology perspectives.

The belly carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.

I was a kinesiology major in college, which is exercise science. Then, I was either going to get my Ph.D. or go to medical school, but I was kind of burned out after school.

Biological anthropology tends to focus on skeletons because that's what is often left behind in the ground, but I am a whole-body anatomist, I'm a clinical anatomist and that's what I teach, I teach it all, not just the skeleton, the muscles and nerves, blood vessels.

I'm just drawn to hands.

I look at the feminine body as a piece of art.

The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it.

The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement...Of course, He could have built it to last longer but you can't have everything.

Where does my fist go when I open up my hand? Where does my lap go when I stand up?

When you peeled back the skin, you were dealing with bone and muscle, blood and nerve endings. It was all the same. She liked the beautiful logic of the circulatory system, the elegance of the neurological, and the fierce warrior spirit of the heart. The body had rules and it had quirks.

The human body is something that I truly love, above all else.