"The construction of femininity is a construction, yes, but also it can be twisted and turned around in such a way that doesn't necessarily mean it is pointing to the female body or male body in such a binary fashion. The culture is already there and has always been, but not as equal citizens. I think there is more progress to come."

-- Lorna Simpson

#Fashion Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us.”
“Be bad, and if you can't be bad be worse.”

Source : Tobsha Learner (1996). “Quiver: a book of erotic tales”
“Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer.”
“If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There's an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren't yet operational.There's been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible.”
“It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”
“It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.”
“All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove.”
“One of the ways in which I feel close to God is writing poetry.”

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