But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.

I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I recognized what I had, and I never sold it short. And I ain't through yet.

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing.

My mother was very sympathetic. She was the one who really gave me the courage to take my freedom.

The freer that women become, the freer men will be. Because when you enslave someone, you are enslaved.