Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

Topics: Margaret Atwood Quotes

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to...

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably...

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully...

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought...

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought...

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

She even had a kind of special position among men: she was an exception, she...

She even had a kind of special position among men: she was an exception, she...

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.

Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I...

Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I...