I own works by women artists; it is hard for me to see, literally to see, how women and men differ in the quality of their work. Why are women artists less known and less admired?
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Related With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women art... SIRI HUSTVEDT The reason there are more women than men is simply because there are more illiterate women than men.... AMAL CHARARA What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively cor... SHERYL SANDBERG We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It'... PETRA COLLINS I didn't see spaces where female artists could exist and exhibit their work. So I created a plat... PETRA COLLINS I think women have the advantage over men - they tend to be much more in touch with their feelings a... TOBEY MAGUIRE It was less of a battle and more of a showcase of the artists' work. Hip-hop artists are doing less ... LARRY MORRIS Blacks own so little of the music business it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artist... BARRY WHITE A lot of portrait artists specialize in men, women or children, BORIS VALLEJO Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. SUSAN B. ANTHONY Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. SUSAN B. ANTHONY I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capaciti... MAGGIE HASSAN Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is su... SHERYL SANDBERG As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free me... RICK PERRY The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Men want to be known and loved for who they are by women. SUZETTE R. HINTON I'm a synthesizer. We need to synthesize more the relationships between artists and scientists, ... LEONARD SHLAIN It is best in the end to let women see to their own vengeance. CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE For me, men and women are different. A man is genetically gifted to pull more than a woman. But at t... KAJOL In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their ... PATRICIA NEAL This is a generalization, but I think women's brains are more accessible to ideas and difference... ALBERT BROOKS Why do women always feel they have to settle for less? NENIA CAMPBELL Women...are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. JAMES STEPHENS Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. JAMES THURBER The results help explain previous findings suggesting women and men differ in how humor is used and ... ALLAN REISS Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obse... BARBRA STREISAND In the faces of men and women I see God. WALT WHITMAN In the faces of men and women I see God WALT WHITMAN In the family pattern, men support boys and women support girls, and because women have far fewer fi... ANN COTTON I think it works better with a woman, which is why I decided to do it, ... men know how to separate ... JODIE FOSTER Empowered Women 101: If he can't tell other women that he is happily married and acts in a way that ... SHANNON L. ALDER In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their ... EARL WARREN The men who run the shop are perhaps a little shady and tell the ladies just what they want to hear.... ED BALTHAZAR It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi... STEPHEN HAWKING The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ... LYDIA MARIA CHILD The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ... LYDIA M. CHILD What we see is that the number of women below the age of 35 in television is far greater. Interestin... ANNA TURLEY What I said was that in a democratic society, people must be permitted to make their choices and tha... DENNIS KUCINICH As men “think” they are chasing sex and women “think” they are chasing relationships, when i... VALERIE ROSE STERRETT I tend to try to support women artists. Women often don't get as much attention. I thought it would ... FAYTHE LEVINE I believe that when a woman is given the chance to come to the defense of another woman, that is an ... C. JOYBELL C. How do I define art? A work of art is not an object of monetary value; it is a timid attempt by man ... OSKAR KOKOSCHKA Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality BLAISE PASCAL Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces... NICOLA FOULSTON Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces... HENRY FORD I think the problem is, exceptional women will always succeed. But there are plenty of less-exceptio... CHERIE BLAIR On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in ... VALENTINA TERESHKOVA Women were accustomed to making substantial efforts to please men, while men spent comparatively lit... KATE COOPER Is it men or women who work the
most in slaughterhouses?
Is it men or women who are
most involved in... O ANNA NIEMUS Men and women, women and men; it will never work. ERICA JONG Men and women, women and men. It will never work. ERICA JONG Men and women, women and men, It will never work. ERICA JONG Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, inc... MARGARET MEAD I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more im... LAETITIA CASTA Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women? VIRGINIA WOOLF Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? VIRGINIA WOOLF Writers and readers are still trying to work out unresolved problems between men and women, and that... CHARLOTTE LAMB A lot of the artists have developed relationships with family members of men and women they portraye... ANNETTE POLAN And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes. LEE ANN WOMACK I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because m... GLORIA STEINEM Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any... JANE GOODSELL Men are visually aroused by women's bodies and less sensitive to their arousal by women's personalit... NAOMI WOLF We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen. BEN JONSON I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent st... HALEY BENNETT I thought it very touching to see these two women, coarse and shabby and beaten, so united; to see w... CHARLES DICKENS Women are females and men are males. According to gynaecologists, women menstruate every month or so... MUAMMAR GADDAFI Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard. ZAHA HADID In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;... C. JOYBELL C. In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up an... SCOTT ADAMS As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of th... SHERYL SANDBERG The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the... C. JOYBELL C. Women have full equality with men before the Lord. By nature, the roles of women differ from those o... JAMES E. FAUST There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there are women less attractive than their wive... JOHN FOWLES Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do... FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists. ESTELLE PARSONS I thought, 'Well, why don't I get some of the women who I've had open up for me before and some arti... SARAH MCLACHLAN I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women th... BEYONCE KNOWLES What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, bu... MARY AUSTIN What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, bu... MARY HUNTER AUSTIN I like women to be attracted to me. See, when you get 60 years old, and they know you're 60, the onl... GEORGE BURNS If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle... GLORIA STEINEM Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the ... OSCAR WILDE The thing I want to see before I die is women achieving full equality in the world. I'm very pas... CHERIE BLAIR There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. ... TORI AMOS The more women look in their glasses, the less they look to their houses. VIKRANT PARSAI Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes work... MARTY RUBIN You know what? I'm really attracted to British women, there's something innately proper about them. ... JOSH HARTNETT Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a b... LARRY MILLER All beautiful women are murderers. You've probably heard it said before. MIKE LESTER Unknown artists, creating what they are told, give their copyrights to the corporations that they wo... MARIA BROPHY Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds. YAKOV SMIRNOFF Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. ANDRE MAUROIS I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give... OSCAR WILDE In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up an... SCOTT ADAMS The definition of woman's work is shitwork GLORIA STEINEM Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior wom... SHERYL SANDBERG I think it no accident that the myth of the isolated achievement so often promotes women writers' le... JOANNA RUSS Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray w... SIMONE SCHWARZ-BART Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, tho... BETTE DAVIS
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