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Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take the living and use it in a certain way and produce art.
Audre Lorde
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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
Essayist
Feminist
Librarian
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Audre Geraldine Lorde
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Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men.
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I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from deep within us. And we must key into those feelings... This is how new visions begin.
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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Guilt is not a response to anger it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.
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The fear that we cannot grow beyond whatever distortions we may find within ourselves keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, externally defined, and leads us to accept many facets of our own oppression as women.
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I am a bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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We have too often been expected to speak all things to all people and speak everyone else's position but our own.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.
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I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.
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Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare.
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You'd better name yourself, because, if you don't others will do it for you.
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