"Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried."

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Source : Hilary Mantel (2007). “An Experiment in Love: A Novel”, p.75, Macmillan

Hilary Mantel

#Feminism Quotes

“I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.”
“Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.”
“I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.”
“There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.”
“[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist.”
“Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.”
“Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.”

Source : "Painting Outside the lines, Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art". Book edited by David W. Galenson, pp. 84-85, note 40, 2009.
“Ooh baby, I like it raw!”

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