Josephine Baker Quotes

11 quotes from 10 authors

Josephine Baker’s stage presence and activist spirit still echo through the words of those who admired her, offering a window into a life that blended art, resistance, and daring self‑expression. These 11 quotes from 10 admirers capture her charisma, courage, and the cultural ripple she created.

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I want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I'm dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want…

Diana Ross

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One day, I'd like to tackle a biopic. I grew up very influenced by Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone.

Zazie Beetz

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I think I was drawn to black culture by the same things that have been drawing the entire world to it since…

Thomas Chatterton Williams

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What I'm doing now is having people with and around me to build what other designers built before - like Pierre Balmain…

Olivier Rousteing

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“The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.” -Josephine Baker”

Brittainy C. Cherry

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Designing the prints was very much like writing a story with characters, [inspired by] some of my my favorite icons of the…

Mia Moretti

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“ ‘Guys’?” Doucet asked. “I saw three members of l’Académie.” “Um, Provost?” “Prévost?” “That’s it.” “I’ll contact him. She also spent some time…

Laurie R. King

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Josephine Baker is such an iconic woman that once you've touched her and she has touched you, it never goes away. I'm…

Lynn Whitfield

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...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue…

Josephine Baker

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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many…

LaToya Jackson

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I just think Josephine Baker life story needs to be done. I think she was an extraordinary woman. To see someone who…

Diana Ross

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