Audre Lorde
(1934–1992) Lorde was a poet and activist involved in the civil rights, antiwar, and feminist movements.
- "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action" (1977)
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Famous quotes by audre lorde:
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“Advocating the mere tolerance of difference between women is the grossest reformism. It is a total denial of the creative function of difference in our lives. Difference must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“Our visions begin with our desires.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being
ready to kill
yourself
instead of your children.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)