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… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“De mim, afinal, o que quereis? Porque eu, senhor poeta, de mim pretendo tudo.” — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share
I think the obligation of a poet is not to be in an ivory tower; it is not to be isolated but to be… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share
