“But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you embark, you'll never truly be at home again. What you've left behind exists only in memory, and your ideal place becomes some strange imaginary concoction of all you've left behind at every stop.” HomeNostalgiaMigration Book:The Woman Upstairs Source: The Woman Upstairs
“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
“But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you embark, you'll never truly be at home again. What you've left behind exists only in your memory, and your ideal place becomes some strange imaginary concoction of all you've left behind at every stop.” KnowsLittlesIdeasHomeLeftMemoriesBehindsStrangeIdealsBoatDo You KnowShoreImaginaryLeft BehindHomeland Book:The Woman Upstairs Source: The Woman Upstairs
