Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us. Angela Carter accountartdirect Change image and share on social
The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. Angela Carter bedconfrontationdinner Change image and share on social
Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them. Angela Carter aeneasageback Change image and share on social
To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with. Angela Carter consigncontendfuture Change image and share on social
Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence. Angela Carter anxietybegincompatible Change image and share on social
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place. Angela Carter conditioncultemotional share on social
A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters. Angela Carter bookbottlecontainer Change image and share on social
Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome. Angela Carter agememorymonochrome Change image and share on social
My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. Angela Carter carrydaydeclare share on social