"By the mid-seventeenth century, depictions of s, animals, and plants had officially been declassed to the status of i…"

"The work of women artists, which often transgresses the racial, ethnic, and gender dictates of society, asks us to co…"

"We know little of the practice of the arts by women in ancient times. The degraded condition of the sex in Eastern co…"

"After studying the optical effects of the , in 1960 began to make the extremely precise pictures for which she is kno…"

"More rich, more noble I will ever hold The Muse's laurel, than a crown of gold."

"I willingly accept Cassandra's fate, To speak the truth, although believ'd too late."

"The bloody wolf, the wolf does not pursue; The boar, though fierce, his tusk will not embrue In his own kind, Bears, …"

"We are Diana’s virgin train, Descended of no mortal strain: Our bows and arrows are our goods, Our palaces the lofty …"

"What ever happy region is thy place, Cease thy celestial song a little space; (Thou wilt have time enough for hymns d…"

"Art she had none, yet wanted none: For Nature did that want supply."