Barbara Smith Quotes

#1. 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.

Barbara Smith

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

Barbara Smith

#3. You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.

Barbara Smith

#4. Remember, goals are stars to steer by, not sticks with which to beat ourselves.

Barbara Smith

#5. This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

Barbara Smith

#6. A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

Barbara Smith

#7. 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.

Barbara Smith

#8. Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

Barbara Smith