“I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.”

“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. But above all black says this: "I dont bother you - dont bother me".”

“Fashion sighs after trends. I want timeless elegance. Fashion has no time. I do. I say: Hello Lady, how can I help you? Fashion has no time to even ask such a question, because it is constantly con...”

“My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.”

“I exist here, now. I'm not much interested in the future. Or, more precisely put, I do not believe in the future. To exaggerate a little, I have no faith that I will still exist tomorrow or the day...”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”