- Nov 07, 2020
Woman Quotes
On being seen, and being heard, as a woman.
This set touches on the extra scrutiny women face in performance careers and the emotional stakes of being noticed romantically. For related identity-focused lines, see I Am.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play maybe in the kinds of things I'm interested in or in the way I structure a canvas.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.
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- Nov 07, 2020
An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that.
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- Nov 07, 2020