You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept.

I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or, choosing both.

We must always attempt to lift as we climb

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities. The door is opened only so far. If some of us can squeeze through the crack of that door, then we owe it to those who have made those demands that the door be opened to use the knowledge or the skills that we acquire not only for ourselves but in the service of the community as well. This is something that I guess I decided a long time ago.

Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.