Alice Walker Quotes

A collection of quotes by Alice Walker.

Alice Walker is an acclaimed American writer, poet, and activist born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple," published in 1982. Growing up in the racially segregated South, Walker faced many challenges, including losing sight in one eye due to an accidental injury. Her personal experiences and observations of systemic racism and gender discrimination greatly influenced her writing.

Walker's literary career took off with her first poetry collection, "Once," published in 1968. Over the years, she has written numerous critical and highly celebrated works, including essays, novels, short stories, and memoirs. Through her writings, Walker explores themes of race, gender, spirituality, family dynamics, and the quest for liberation. Her work often reflects her commitment to feminism and social activism.

Apart from being an influential writer, Walker has been an active voice in fighting for civil rights and social justice. She has participated in and organized various protests and campaigns against racial and gender-based violence. Additionally, she has been actively involved in advocacy work for environmental and animal rights causes.

Alice Walker's contribution to literature and social activism has earned her significant recognition, such as the National Book Award for Fiction and the O. Henry Award for her short stories. She continues to inspire generations of readers and activists with her powerful narrative style and unwavering commitment to equality and justice.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if y

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

In search of my mother's garden I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden I found my own.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understand

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by t

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think tha

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the ra

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

Poetry Revolution Rebellion Raising

Long as I can spell G-o-d I got somebody along.

Long as I can spell G-o-d I got somebody along.

Life God Hope Faith Strength Companion The Color Purple

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and m

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff y

Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration.You saying God vain? I ast.Naw, she say. Not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.What it do when it pissed off? I ast.Oh, it make something else. People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.

God Love Religion Inspirational

Expect nothing. Live frugallyOn surprise.become a strangerTo

Expect nothing. Live frugallyOn surprise.become a strangerTo need of pityOr, if compassion be freelyGiven outTake only enoughStop short of urge to pleadThen purge away the need.Wish for nothing largerThan your own small heartOr greater than a star;Tame wild disappointmentWith caress unmoved and coldMake of it a parkaFor your soul.Discover the reason whySo tiny human midgetExists at allSo scared unwiseBut expect nothing. Live frugallyOn surprise.

Wisdom Life Truth

Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, j

Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't ma

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense

I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.'

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Tre

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't s

War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet.