I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone.

- Maria Teresa Horta

What do I think of Pussy Riot actions? The act can be extremely positive if it is an act to call attention to the fact that things in their country a…

- Maria Teresa Horta

I think that one of the tasks of feminist women - mainly women of culture - in our time is to seek out those women who were only forgotten because th…

- Maria Teresa Horta

As a journalist, I never isolated myself. I was a journalist at a daily newspaper and every day I went out on the street. Every day I had contact wit…

- Maria Teresa Horta

I think that all my books are political, I think that I have a political body of work. I am essentially a political woman, but above all I am a poet.…

- Maria Teresa Horta

I think the obligation of a poet is not to be in an ivory tower; it is not to be isolated but to be among people.

- Maria Teresa Horta

Prizes aren't essential. What is essential is poetry itself, it's what is said, it is clarity, it's loyalty, those are the essential values, the lite…

- Maria Teresa Horta

People ask me almost every day, "Why? You are successful, you have kids, you have grandchildren, so why?" Feminist women are seen as unsatisfied. But…

- Maria Teresa Horta

I think that if poetry is not a personal act, it's a pamphlet.

- Maria Teresa Horta