"I hope my work is recognizable as being by a woman, though I certainly would never deliberately make it feminine in any way, in subject or treatment. But if I speak in a voice which is my own, it's bound to be the voice of a woman."

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Source : Helen Yglesias, Isabel Bishop (1989). “Isabel Bishop”, Rizzoli International Publications

Isabel Bishop

#Voice Quotes #Way Quotes #Speak Quotes

“Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.”
“Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!”
“I loved The Weird (one of the stories in it inspired Blackalley in Discourse).”
“I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.”
“The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.”
“Im just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together!”
“When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.”
“It was here we turned the coffee cups upside down. And your eyes and the moon swept the valley.”

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