“A painter's hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true.” IfsMenArtHandsHeavenMemoriesPaintingEternityDelightStealingPainterThirstPretence Author:Dacia Maraini
“A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, combattative but not aggressive, she has to love her work a lot and not let herself be discouraged by the daily discriminiation she encounters.” MenMomentsGainsThirtyEncountersAggressiveDiscouragedTenacious Author:Dacia Maraini
“Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on them.” ThinkingMenLooksPlayHelpingUseBodyGoal Author:Dacia Maraini
