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> [I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the art world has to join us, women artists, not we join it. When women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/i-ve-always-sought-to-express-a-tension-in-form-and-meaning-in-order/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

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## More by Nancy Spero

> [I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/i-ve-always-sought-to-express-a-tension-in-form-and-meaning-in-order/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

> [I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist I’m privileged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/i-guess-maybe-my-art-can-be-said-to-be-a-protest-i-see-things-a/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

> [I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that I needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/i-suppose-i-felt-doomed-to-be-an-artist-early-on-because-of-the-way-i/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

> [An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/an-artist-s-job-is-to-articulate-what-might-otherwise-be-incoherent/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

> [I never thought of my work in terms of being radical, although I tried to make it radical- that is, to shift the premise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/i-never-thought-of-my-work-in-terms-of-being-radical-although-i-tried/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

> [When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum- a band- all around the galleryseeing this huge space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/when-i-showed-black-and-the-red-iii-in-malm-sweden-it-was-a-continuum/)

[Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/)

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