“Even for women without children, trading hours that produce income for hours that produce “only” art seems like a foolish decision. What a loss for the world, though, to have women's voices silenced because art is our last priority.”
“Women are nothing but machines for producing children.”
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
“The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.”
“The art we produce lives in queasy balance with the art we can imagine the art the room expects.”
“Gilbert, as a rule, used money the way women use pepper spray; he liked having some handy but only produced it when physically threatened.”