I am an artist and a political being as well.

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.

The present always masquerades as a beginning; maybe we couldn't endure it if we realized at the time that it was a peak, or even an ending.

Hate generalizes; love specifies. Or: The movements of hatred are toward generalization; love's movements are toward specification.

When solutions are offered us by the people who originally brought us the problem, we do well to be suspicious.

The Confucian concept and Chinese ideograms for 'woman' and for 'slave' are the same.

Where else could one find such a perfect combination of American values -- racism, militarism, capitalism -- all packaged in one 'ideal' symbol, a woman.