When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

Quote by Audre Lorde

Topics: Audre Lorde Quotes

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the...

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the...

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we...

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies...

Your silence will not protect you.

Your silence will not protect you.

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever...

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever...

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black,...

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black,...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our...

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...