Barbara Smith Inspirational Quotes (6)

No longer are there immutable standards by which to judge ourselves. Image has overtaken reality.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

Learning astrology is like learning any foreign language. You already have the ideas, concepts, and experiences of your life within you you are just learning a new language for what you are already experiencing.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.