Rich, Adrienne

"We need to be truthful about what we see and feel."

"Art is not decoration for the world; it is a way of understanding it."

"The smallest gesture can change the world."

"We are connected to all of history through our bodies."

"Language is our instrument of creation and resistance."

"The moment of writing is the moment of greatest freedom."

"We need to speak our truth even when it frightens us."

"Justice is not a feeling but a practice."

"The poet's task is to make meaning where there was silence."

"Love requires the courage to be known."

"We are all refugees from something."

"The future is not predetermined; we create it through our choices."

"Imagination is the first step toward freedom."

"The body is the first place of knowledge."

"We need to learn the difference between guilt and responsibility."

"Art demands that we see what we would rather not see."

"The most radical act is to tell the truth."

"Memory is how we survive."

"We are all complicit in systems we did not create."

"Love is not enough without justice."

"The self is not fixed but fluid."

"We need to imagine what has not yet been imagined."

"The word is a weapon and a tool."

"We are made of our relationships."

"History is written by those who survive."

"The personal story is a universal story."

"We need courage to live an authentic life."

"The future begins with how we treat each other today."

"Art is the conversation between the artist and the world."

"We are never finished becoming ourselves."