Home / Quotes / Quote by Mina Loy

Quote by Mina Loy

“Leave off looking to men to find out what you are not - seek within yourselves to find out what you are.”

Quote by Mina Loy

Author

Mina Loy was an American poet, writer, and artist born in England. Her work is known for its unique modernist style and has had a profound impact on the literary and artistic scenes of the early 20th century. more

You May Also Like

“Love of others is the appreciation of one's self.”

Self Appreciation

Book:The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy

Source: The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy

“Another great illusion that woman must ... destroy . .. is the impurity of sex, the realisation in defiance of superstition that there is nothing impure in sex - except in the mental attitude toward it.”

Sex Attitude Illusion Superstitions Defiance Realisation Mental Attitude Impurity

Author:Mina Loy

“Women if you want to realise yourselves - you are on the eve of a devastating psychological upheaval - all your pet illusions must be unmasked - the lies of centuries have got to go - are you prepared for the Wrench?”

Ifs Want Lying Century Illusion Prepared Psychological Pet Realising Upheaval Wrenches

Author:Mina Loy

“In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.”

Knows Stills Country America Evil Sun Faults Setting Forests Settings Our Country Rising

Book:Nigger

Source: Nigger

“Gertrude Stein ... the Madame Curie of language. Because in her deep research she has crushed thousands of tons of matter to extract the radium of the word.”

Matter Language Research Crushed Gertrude Madame Curie

Author:Mina Loy

“I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.”

Firsts Voice Music Singing Instruments

Author:Abbey Lincoln

“The best way to be loved, is to love yourself.”

Way Love Love You Self Love Best Way Love Yourself

Author:Adam Lambert

“Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats. If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he does so a few years before he would have committed murder.”

Ifs Men Years Doe Dies Behinds Murder Committed Criminals Bars Degenerates Latent Tattooed

Author:Adolf Loos

“America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land.”

People World Self America Political United States Economic Land Citizens Lucky Areas Regard Disaster Arrogance Isolation Self Sufficiency Sufficiency Promised Land Pushy

Author:Alison Lurie

“Most of the great works of juvenile literature are subversive in one way or another: they express ideas and emotions not generally approved of or even recognized at the time; they make fun of honored figures and piously held beliefs; and they view social pretenses with clear-eyed directness, remarking - as in Andersen's famous tale - that the emperor has no clothes.”

Way Ideas Literature Belief Fun Social Views Emotion Clear Figures Clothes Tales One Way Honored Great Work Emperor Pretense Approved Subversive Juvenile Children's Literature

Author:Alison Lurie