"Of course at that time, especially here in America, we were dealing with women's liberation. Things weren't so easy then. MÃ©ret Oppenheim wasn't so directly involved in this - she was in her 60s at that point. She found her strength through competing with the great male artists of her time; Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp."

-- Rebecca Horn

#Artist Quotes #Easy Quotes #Liberation Quotes

“If I'm doing something, I tend to do it in a concentrated way.”

Source : "Donatella & Allegra". Interview with Merle Ginsberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 28, 2007.
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”

Source : John Burroughs, Charlotte Zoë Walker (2001). “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays”, p.242, Syracuse University Press
“I talk to the universe all the time.”
“Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium, roused to do our best, by every good writer, every fine achievement. Would we want one good writer or fine book less? The sense of writers being pitted against each other is bred primarily by the workings of the commercial marketplace, and by critics lauding one writer at the expense of another while ignoring the existence of nearly all.”

Source : Tillie Olsen (2014). “Silences”, p.174, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”
“Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society.”

Source : "Preventing Another Generation of Children With Autism" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.
“My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.”

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