Josephine Baker

“I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.”

“A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.”

“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.”

“I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.”

“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”

“...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty, the freedom to go where one chose if one was held back by one's color? No, I preferred the Eiffel Tower, which made no promises."~ Josephine Baker, once she had seen the Eiffel Tower”

“The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.”

“Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?”

“We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.”

“He was my cream, and I was his coffee -And when you poured us together, it was something.”