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Pearls from artists* # 615

“Sacrificial,” Soft Pastel on Sandpaper, 70” x 50” Framed
“Sacrificial,” Soft Pastel on Sandpaper, 70” x 50” Framed

*an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on.

There are many artists and critics, including, but not only, Feminists, who have suggested that since “male” esthetic values predominated for centuries, it is impossible, and will be for a long time, to know what “women’s art” might be. I propose that the answer is at hand. The female voice was not lost, only not listened to.

Eleanor Munro in Originals: American Women Artists

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