Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

Quote by Angela Carter

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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations,...

In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations,...

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...