57 Quotes by Toni Cade Bambara

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.

And what is religion, you might ask. It’s a technology of living.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn’t keep up with what’s out there ain’t gonna be out there.

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I’ve seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges. I’ve felt them doing it. Words conjure. I try not to be careless about what I utter, write, sing. I’m careful about what I give voice to.

One monkey don’t stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

If your house ain’t in order, you ain’t in order. It is so much easier to be out there than in here.

What is happening to the daughters of the yam? Seem like they just don’t know how to draw up the powers from the deep like before. Not full sunned and sweet anymore.