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“I think that one of the tasks of feminist women - mainly women of culture - in our time is to seek out those women who were only forgotten because they were women.”

Quote by Maria Teresa Horta

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Maria Teresa Horta

Maria Teresa Horta, born on May 20, 1937, is a renowned Portuguese poet. Her poetry is known for its profound emotions and unique style, which has won her a wide audience. more

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“As a journalist, I never isolated myself. I was a journalist at a daily newspaper and every day I went out on the street. Every day I had contact with people. I interviewed the most important writers of the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first century, from Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras, and Marguerite Yourcenar to Christa Wolf.”

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“I think that all my books are political, I think that I have a political body of work. I am essentially a political woman, but above all I am a poet. I am a poetess.”

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“I think that if poetry is not a personal act, it's a pamphlet.”

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“My erotic poetry is not poetry that uses vernacular words. It is a very erotic poetry, but I never use anything, for example, that is not in the dictionary. I don't like to be ugly, I seek out what is beautiful, and if my great search is for freedom and beauty, I can't be vulgar, ordinary.”

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“I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone.”

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“Men use women sexually. They use them, mistreat them, even from the point of view of vocabulary, the use of words. It baffles me.”

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“Prizes aren't essential. What is essential is poetry itself, it's what is said, it is clarity, it's loyalty, those are the essential values, the literary values.”

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“What do I think of Pussy Riot actions? The act can be extremely positive if it is an act to call attention to the fact that things in their country are really bad for women, otherwise it is purely a media event that only obfuscates women's struggle.”

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“People ask me why I am a feminist. Because I am a woman of freedom and equality and it is not possible to have freedom in the world when half of humanity has no rights. Because we are more than half of humanity. There are more women than men. This is not a fight of so-called "minorities."”

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