When I found out after that first successful exhibition that the gallery wanted me to do another show like the first one, I come out two years later with four 6-foot drawings of classical nudes masturbating. The gallery director flipped… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Although my Dad was a talented calligrapher and both of my younger brothers were successful, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
It's just blind luck when a woman is born into a wealthy family and attends the best colleges and joins top sororities. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Women don't run around saying, "Oh, I took a Bodysex workshop, and I had so much fun, and Betty Dodson taught us how to… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
A monogamous marriage and family is what some women want - but not all of us. We are mostly doing serial monogamy anyway. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Art is all about becoming a name, a brand; it isn't based on talent or creativity. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Masturbation is our first and natural form of sexual activity and if that's inhibited or damaged, then we suffer for the rest of our… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
I had very little support from any feminist organization. But fortunately my post-marital lover, who had bailed out of academia over political in-fighting, was… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
I consider the 70s to be the youth of old age. So all you women out there who are afraid of getting older, just… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Masturbation is a meditation on self-love. So many of us are afflicted with self-loathing, bad body images, shame about our body functions, and confusion… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
The galleries are simply corporations in the art world - "Here's a million dollars for this latest piece of crap" - but I'm not… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
We all have our individual romantic or idealistic ideas. To get information that masturbation is our basic form of sex is hard, because who… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
