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… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
People ask me almost every day, "Why? You are successful, you have kids, you have grandchildren, so why?" Feminist women are seen as unsatisfied. But all women in the world, if they are well aware of inequality, are unsatisfied women.… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
My erotic poetry is not poetry that uses vernacular words. It is a very erotic poetry, but I never use anything, for example, that… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
I think that one of the tasks of feminist women - mainly women of culture - in our time is to seek out those… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I never isolated myself. I was a journalist at a daily newspaper and every day I went out on the street.… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone. — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
I think that all my books are political, I think that I have a political body of work. I am essentially a political woman,… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
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… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
What do I think of Pussy Riot actions? The act can be extremely positive if it is an act to call attention to the… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
People ask me why I am a feminist. Because I am a woman of freedom and equality and it is not possible to have… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
Men use women sexually. They use them, mistreat them, even from the point of view of vocabulary, the use of words. It baffles me. — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
People ask me almost every day, "Why? You are successful, you have kids, you have grandchildren, so why?" Feminist women are seen as unsatisfied.… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
“De mim, afinal, o que quereis? Porque eu, senhor poeta, de mim pretendo tudo.” — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
