Camille Paglia Quote

It is no coincidence that while some major female artists have married, very few have borne children. The issue is not conservation of energy but imaginative integrity. Art is its own self-swelling, proof that the mind is greater than the body.

p. 660 - Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)

It is no coincidence that while some major female artists have married, very few have borne children. The issue is not conservation of energy but...

It is no coincidence that while some major female artists have married, very few have borne children. The issue is not conservation of energy but...

It is no coincidence that while some major female artists have married, very few have borne children. The issue is not conservation of energy but...

It is no coincidence that while some major female artists have married, very few have borne children. The issue is not conservation of energy but...