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Quotes About Empowerment

I teach young people how the arts can be used to stand up against injustice.
~ Renee Watson
You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.
~ Kerry Washington
I am so glad people have started making films n martial arts and self-defense, which is actually the need of the hour.
~ Akshay Kumar
We need more drag king role models for all those interested in the art
~ BeBe Zahara Benet
Conquering the world with words, leading the children like herds.
~ LL Cool J
She has given me a way out.
~ Alison Bechdel
Arts education must be part of our education solution because it works for all students.
~ Kerry Washington
Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.
~ Shania Twain
Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.
~ Ani DiFranco
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.
~ Bob Dylan
In the martial arts, the guys respect the women fighters.
~ Bonnie Canino
You are the artist and the art.
~ Bryant H. McGill
I'm not turned on, so put away that meat you're selling.
~ Fiona Apple
I believe that art has incredible power.
~ Gloria Steinem
I wanted to say to myself as much as anyone else that we made art.
~ Kathleen Hanna
Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy.
~ Lee Hammond
A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
When the uncapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds.
~ Mary Hatwood Futrell
When you're doing martial arts, you feel like you can master certain skills and be so much more in control of who you are, so that really appealed to me.
~ Milla Jovovich
She's staring down her desires, while they're staring down her dress.
~ Phil Ochs
I want to create amazing art and content that inspires people to want to be the best versions of themselves everyday, and never let anyone (even themselves) hold them back.
~ Rachele Brooke Smith
Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.
~ Sara Blakely
As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.
~ Seth Godin
Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not simply a commercial) conclusion.
~ Seth Godin