All Audre Lorde Quotes
- If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest. Air
- Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the… Black
- Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer. Apartheid
- Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now. Inspirational
- Silence has never brought us anything of worth. Brought
- Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand… All
- I am still learning - how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of… Accept
- For we have built into all of us, old blueprints of expectation and response, old structures of oppression and these must be altered at the… All
- Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged... We have been taught to either ignore our differences or to… Armistice
- Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from deep within us. And we… Begin
- There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley of terror wearing… Conformity
- Art is not living. It is a use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and use it in a certain… Ability
- It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged… Afford
- Every woman I have ever known has made a lasting impression on my soul. Ever Known
- I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness… Black
- I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers Angers
- For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut… Beautiful
- I have always wanted to be both man and woman, to incorporate the strongest and richest parts of my mother and father within/into me -… Always Wanted
- If you can't change reality, change your perceptions of it. Change
- What I leave behind has a life of its own. Behind
- There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions Hierarchy
- I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use. Believe
- Anger is loaded with information and energy. Anger
- Art is not living. It is the use of living. Art
- And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the… Afraid