“When I look for my existence, I do not look for it in myself.”
Cuando busco mi existencia, no la busco en mí.
Voces (1943)
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Antonio Porchia276
Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968Related quotes
George Alec Effinger book When Gravity Fails
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 2 (p. 13).
David Hockney (1937) British artist
Interview with Nigel Farndale, "The talented Mr. Hockney" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/11/17/bahock17.xml The Telegraph (15 November 2001) <br class="br">2000s
Nasser Khalili (1945) British-Iranian scholar, collector and philanthropist
Interview on The Art Of Collecting by Sky Arts - Professor Nasser David Khalili episode (February 21, 2018) https://vimeo.com/256957904
“I love being a beautiful woman when I look at myself in the mirror.”
Layal Abboud (1982) Lebanese pop singer
June 15, 2017; Al Kahera Walnas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LcMvesgyTM <br class="br">2017
“When I look out at all these young women, I see myself. In so many ways your story is my story.”
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
As quoted in "Prince Harry has Tea with Michelle Obama at Kensington Palace" in Parade (16 June 2015) https://parade.com/405676/roisinkelly/prince-harry-has-tea-with-michelle-obama-at-kensington-palace/; also in "Michelle Obama UK visit: 'When I look at young British Muslim women, I see myself'" by Mikey Smit, Mirror Online (16 June 2015) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/michelle-obama-uk-visit-when-5892335 — the misquotation used in this particular headline was widely re-quoted as an actual quote of Michelle. <br class="br">2010s
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist
In a letter to William Howard Schubart, (nephew of her died husband), Abiquiu, New Mexico, August 4, 1950; as quoted in Voicing our visions, -Writings by women artists; ed. Mara R. Witzling, Universe New York, 1991, p. 228
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“I love myself when I am laughing… and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) American folklorist, novelist, short story writer
Source: I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader