Living in a state of psychic unrest, in a Borderland, is what makes poets write and artists create.
Gloria E. AnzaldúaNothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads
Gloria E. AnzaldúaTo separate from my culture (as from my family) I had to feel competent enough on the outside and secure enough inside to live life on my own. Yet in leaving home I did not lose touch with my origins because lo mexicano is in my system. I am a turtle, wherever I go I carry 'home' on my back.
Gloria E. AnzaldúaI will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent's tongue - my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.
Gloria E. AnzaldúaAn image is a bridge between evoked emotion and conscious knowledge; words are the cables that hold up the bridge. Images are more direct, more immediate than words, and closer to the unconscious. Picture language precedes thinking in words; the metaphorical mind precedes analytical consciousness.
Gloria E. Anzaldúa