When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Oppression is as American as apple pie.

I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.

Revolution is not a one time event.

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.

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

Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take the living and use it in a certain way and produce art.