When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress? Marilyn French blackprogress Change image and share on social
Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape? Marilyn French discoverescapepart Change image and share on social
Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it. Marilyn French basediscoverdominate Change image and share on social
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons. Marilyn French boltcarchild Change image and share on social
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model. Marilyn French artcontentinside Change image and share on social
Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected. Marilyn French demonstratedetermineerect Change image and share on social
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear. Marilyn French artemotionevent share on social
Not many men have both good fortune and good sense. Marilyn French fortunegoodman Change image and share on social
'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes. Marilyn French damndiscussiondish Change image and share on social
Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains. Marilyn French manmountainpebble Change image and share on social
