“There questions of wanting to be an artist, and what does that mean, what makes you an artist? Are you an artist if you're in a gallery in New York and not an artist if you're doing it at home? Do you need legitimation to count? If you've been acculturated to believe that you have certain obligations - familial, social, human - if multitasking has been your forte and that's what's been praised and rewarded, where do you find the single-mindedness, the selfishness to do something like art? I think those are questions that arise differently for women and for men.” ThinkingMenBelieveMeanArtHomeArtistObligationSelfishness Author:Claire Messud
“Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an artist in the world: a ruthless person.” WorldPersonsArtistDefinitionsRuthless Book:The Woman Upstairs Source: The Woman Upstairs
