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.

Remember our heritage is our power; we can know ourselves and our capacities by seeing that other women have been strong.

People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions.

To reclaim our past and insist that it become a part of our human history is the task that lies before us. For the future requires that women, as well as men, shape the world destiny.

Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.

I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history

In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created by a female Diety.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it.

With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And thats definitely changed.

Practice daily, because the quality of your practice determines the Caliber of your performance.

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

Your only shame is to have shame.

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

I am quite above physical death and believe it to be only the birth throes for a much purer life in a much purer draping.

Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character.

Laplace would have found it child's-play to fix a ratio of progression in mathematical science between Descartes, Leibnitz, Newton and himself

Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe.

Zombies are the new vampires.

When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?