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I think I would have been more successful, but less interesting.

— Alexis Hunter

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Source: Describing her career if she was a male, found in Felicity Milburn. (14 March 2014). I am woman see me paint. The Press. Accessed 21 Jan 2026.
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I felt very strongly about feminism and photography better expressed my political ideals.

I might refer to the female now, but she is always active, symbolic of female action and although painted in a sensual style, she is not up for sale, not offered to the viewer. This is one of the reasons I started using animals.

Found in Auckland City Art Gallery (1989)

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Art is a structure of symbols, and those people who do not comprehend that language will pass it by.

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They become a body not a person, then just an image not an image of a person.

It was too hard to be a feminist artist on your own; the criticism was too great to bear.

I don't want to work unless there is some meaning that by painting I can communicate something personal and political. A painting is ambiguous, very sensuous and has to come from your core.

Found in Auckland City Art Gallery (1989)

When you're painting you feel quite attune with everything... it's a great pleasure, quite addictive.

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