Audre Lorde Quotes on Knowledge
Audre Lorde was an American Black feminist philosopher, poet, and essayist whose work shaped contemporary thinking on race, gender, sexuality, and difference. This page collects quotes attributed to Audre Lorde on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
The Cancer Journals (1980) -
“The Cancer Journals (1980)”
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. -
“The Uses of Anger : Women Responding to Racism (1981)”
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. -
“When I speak of the erotic , then I speak of it as an assertion of the life force of women; of that creative energy empowered, the knowledge and use of which we are now reclaiming in our language, our history, our dancing, our loving, our work, our lives.”
As quoted in Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much (1990) by Anne Wilson Schaef, entry for June 26: "Living Life Fully -
“Feminism must be on the cutting edge of real social change if it is to survive as a movement in any particular country.”
A Burst of Light (1988), cited in Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks -
“A Burst of Light (1988), cited in Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks”
Feminism must be on the cutting edge of real social change if it is to survive as a movement in any particular country.