Fig Leaf Quotes by Anne Spencer

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of…

— Anne Spencer

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

— Anne Spencer

Heaven's Virginia when the year's at its Spring.

— Anne Spencer

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

— Anne Spencer

“He Said... Your garden at dusk Is the soul of love Blurred in its beauty And softly caressing; I, gently daring This sweetest confessing,…

— Anne Spencer

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

— Anne Spencer

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?

— Anne Spencer

Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is its own adorning.

— Anne Spencer

Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . .

— Anne Spencer