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“At the age of ten, Julian announced that he wanted to be a painter, like Velazquez. He dreamed of embarking on canvases that the great master had been unable to paint during his life because, Julian argued, he'd been obliged to paint so many time-consuming portraits of mentally retarded royals.”
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“Those who refuse to listen to dragons are probably doomed to spend their lives acting out the nightmares of politicians. We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.”
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
“The problem is not that erotically charged images
can’t also be seen as culturally valuable expressions (they
can), but that woman’s highest cultural expression has been
as a passive sex object, and not as an artist or creator of
culture herself. This has limited what women have been able
to achieve in a patriarchal society that cannot separate
women’s value and worth from a very fixed idea of their
sexuality.”
― Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
can’t also be seen as culturally valuable expressions (they
can), but that woman’s highest cultural expression has been
as a passive sex object, and not as an artist or creator of
culture herself. This has limited what women have been able
to achieve in a patriarchal society that cannot separate
women’s value and worth from a very fixed idea of their
sexuality.”
― Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
“[We are]expected to be wooed and seduced by the male artist’s libidinous vision, a vision that has dominated and come to define our perception of genius, beauty and value from the perspective of the white
heterosexual male artist.”
― Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
heterosexual male artist.”
― Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
“Do you ever wonder what life would have been like if you’d said
yes?” said Ridcully.
“No.”
“I suppose we’d have settled down, had children, grandchildren, that
sort of thing…”
Granny shrugged. It was the sort of thing romantic idiots said. But
there was something in the air tonight…
“What about the fire?” she said.
“What fire?”
“Swept through our house just after we were married. Killed us both.”
“What fire? I don’t know anything about any fire?”
Granny turned around.
“Of course not! It didn’t happen. But the point is, it might have
happened. You can’t say ‘if this didn’t happen then that would have
happened’ because you don’t know everything that might have happened.
You might think something’d be good, but for all you know it could have
turned out horrible.”
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yes?” said Ridcully.
“No.”
“I suppose we’d have settled down, had children, grandchildren, that
sort of thing…”
Granny shrugged. It was the sort of thing romantic idiots said. But
there was something in the air tonight…
“What about the fire?” she said.
“What fire?”
“Swept through our house just after we were married. Killed us both.”
“What fire? I don’t know anything about any fire?”
Granny turned around.
“Of course not! It didn’t happen. But the point is, it might have
happened. You can’t say ‘if this didn’t happen then that would have
happened’ because you don’t know everything that might have happened.
You might think something’d be good, but for all you know it could have
turned out horrible.”
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