Quotes of Brigid Brophy - somelinesforyou

“ In a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the poem, painting, play or novel does not immediately engage one's surface interest then it has failed. Whatever else it may or may not be, art is also entertainment. Bad art fails to entertain. Good art does something in addition. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ The truth is that the city is a device for reducing stress — by giving humans a free choice of escapes from the pressure (along with the weather) of their environment. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ The truth is that the city is a device for reducing stress — by giving humans a free choice of escapes from the pressure (along with the weather) of their environment. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ The truth is that the city is a device for reducing stress — by giving humans a free choice of escapes from the pressure (along with the weather) of their environment. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ The truth is that the city is a device for reducing stress — by giving humans a free choice of escapes from the pressure (along with the weather) of their environment. ”

- Brigid Brophy

“ Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. ”

- Brigid Brophy
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