Quotes by Barbara Smith

• Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
• This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
• One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
• 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.
• You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.
• 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.
• 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.