Express Joy Quotes by Gilbert Baker

A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.

— Gilbert Baker

The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

— Gilbert Baker

I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if…

— Gilbert Baker

Anita Bryant had the effect of galvanizing the whole gay movement. She was somebody whom everybody could hate. She was easy to hate.

— Gilbert Baker

A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is…

— Gilbert Baker

I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen.

— Gilbert Baker

What the rainbow has given our people is a thing that connects us.

— Gilbert Baker

The rainbow flag is beautiful because it's about love. The Confederate flag is ugly because it's about hate. It's pretty simple from the art…

— Gilbert Baker

Once I was finally liberated from my Kansas background, the first thing I did was get a sewing machine, because it's 1972, and I…

— Gilbert Baker

My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

— Gilbert Baker

Being gay in San Francisco is fun. Being gay in Saudi Arabia - that's a whole other matter.

— Gilbert Baker

I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an obvious symbol for us.

— Gilbert Baker

When I was young, they thought I was from outer space. I was the only gay person they probably knew, and they struggled with…

— Gilbert Baker

Flags say something. You put a rainbow flag on your windshield, and you're saying something.

— Gilbert Baker

I love going to cities around the world and seeing the rainbow flag, knowing that it's a safe place where I can be myself.

— Gilbert Baker