--- title: "12 Color Quotes By Alice Walker" description: "12 Color quotes by Alice Walker. Plus more from Alice Walker and more Color sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/alice-walker-347_around_i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting_2684886.png" --- > [I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting-with-love-the-need-for/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/alice-walker-347_around_i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting_2684886.png) > [I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-just-feel-that-the-color-purple-which-was-my-10th-book-was-a-true/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/alice-walker-347_ancestors_i-just-feel-that-the-color-purple-which_119350.png) > [I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by-the-color-purple-in-a-field-2/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/alice-walker-347_color_i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by_1015289.png) > [Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/many-readers-fail-to-realize-this-but-the-color-purple-is-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/alice-walker-347_about_many-readers-fail-to-realize-this-but-th_58840.jpg) > [I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-colors-are-miraculous-we-live-in-a-universe-that-is-extremely/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/alice-walker-347_appreciate_i-think-colors-are-miraculous-we-live-in_1297584.png) > [Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/whenever-i-have-knocked-a-door-has-opened-wherever-i-have-wandered-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/alice-walker-347_amazing-love_whenever-i-have-knocked-a-door-has-opene_282994.png) > [HELPED are those who love all the colors of all the human beings, as they love all the colors of the animals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/helped-are-those-who-love-all-the-colors-of-all-the-human-beings-as/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/alice-walker-347_ancestor_helped-are-those-who-love-all-the-colors_2480587.png) > [America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/america-is-not-nearly-done-we-re-only-in-the-beginning-who-knows-who/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/alice-walker-347_america_america-is-not-nearly-done-we-re-only-in_3053139.jpg) > [I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by-the-color-purple-in-a-field-3/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/alice-walker-347_appreciation_i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by_1452806.jpg) > [The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-sight-of-a-black-nun-strikes-their-sentimentality-and-as-i-am/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/alice-walker-347_art_the-sight-of-a-black-nun-strikes-their-s_1053438.png) > [Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/listen-god-love-everything-you-love-and-a-mess-of-stuff-you-don-t-but/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/alice-walker-347_admiration_listen-god-love-everything-you-love-and_2913994.jpg) > [As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-for-those-who-think-the-arab-world-promises-freedom-the-briefest/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/alice-walker-347_arab-world_as-for-those-who-think-the-arab-world-pr_1376982.jpg) ## Other authors on Color - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-matisse-41358.jpg) Henri Matisse 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/henri-matisse/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vincent-van-gogh-93793.jpg) Vincent Van Gogh 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/vincent-van-gogh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wassily-kandinsky-94601.jpg) Wassily Kandinsky 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/wassily-kandinsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josef-albers-53221.jpg) Josef Albers 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/josef-albers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-markus-zusak-64459.jpg) Markus Zusak 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/markus-zusak/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hans-hofmann-40322.jpg) Hans Hofmann 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/hans-hofmann/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-cezanne-73824.jpg) Paul Cezanne 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/paul-cezanne/) ## More by Alice Walker > [I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-gave-my-archive-to-emory-university-because-there-s-a-really-dear/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/just-be-what-it-is-that-you-are-and-that-is-just-fine-you-don-t-have/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/remember-this-say-it-know-it-is-true-alice-loves-me-alice-loves-me/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Only the sky above us do we hold in common.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/only-the-sky-above-us-do-we-hold-in-common/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/why-aren-t-you-happy-in-america-if-everyone-there-drives-motorcars/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/she-saw-poetry-where-other-writers-merely-saw-failure-to-cope-with/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-mother-had-handed-down-respect-for-the-possibilities-and-the-will/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/helped-are-those-who-are-content-to-be-themselves-they-will-never/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-others-might-prepare-for-an-exam-whose-subject-matter-is-unknown/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-original-crime-of-niggers-and-lesbians-is-that-they-prefer/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-mother-was-very-strong-once-she-picked-up-a-coconut-and-smashed-it/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/many-readers-fail-to-realize-this-but-the-color-purple-is-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-good-news-may-be-that-nature-is-phasing-out-the-white-man-but-the/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/humans-whatever-billions-we-are-we-don-t-have-the-control-we-are/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/all-my-life-i-had-to-fight-i-had-to-fight-my-daddy-i-had-to-fight-my/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/alice-walker/#itemlist", "name": "12 Color Quotes By Alice Walker", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting-with-love-the-need-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/alice-walker-347_around_i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting_2684886.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/alice-walker-347_around_i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting_2684886.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/alice-walker-347_around_i-think-the-color-purple-is-so-bursting_2684886.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for…” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-just-feel-that-the-color-purple-which-was-my-10th-book-was-a-true/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/alice-walker-347_ancestors_i-just-feel-that-the-color-purple-which_119350.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/alice-walker-347_ancestors_i-just-feel-that-the-color-purple-which_119350.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/alice-walker-347_ancestors_i-just-feel-that-the-color-purple-which_119350.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by-the-color-purple-in-a-field-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/alice-walker-347_color_i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by_1015289.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/alice-walker-347_color_i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by_1015289.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/alice-walker-347_color_i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by_1015289.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. 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We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants - if they survive that long - will see.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/america-is-not-nearly-done-we-re-only-in-the-beginning-who-knows-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/alice-walker-347_america_america-is-not-nearly-done-we-re-only-in_3053139.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/alice-walker-347_america_america-is-not-nearly-done-we-re-only-in_3053139.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/alice-walker-347_america_america-is-not-nearly-done-we-re-only-in_3053139.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? 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