Kimberly Drew > Quotes

“It's absurd to think about how a $1,600 stipend changed the course of my life. It's absurd to think about how many internships are still unpaid, and how elitist and morally corrupt it is to hire unpaid or underpaid labor.”
― Kimberly Drew, This Is What I Know About Art

“Capitalism and white supremacy reinforce the idea that health is a personal responsibility, which means that if you aren’t “healthy” then you’ve done something wrong.”
― Kimberly Drew, Black Futures

“We are often asked why we have to have this and that be “Black.” Many never stop to think about what it is like to look at something and try to find identity in places where it does not exist. When you have privilege, you don’t know you have it, and you cannot conceptualize the results and implications of not having it”
― Kimberly Drew, Black Futures

“Just stop worrying about your things, for a minute, and worry about where you can go, what you can do to make space for someone else for a minute, if you could”
― Kimberly Drew, Black Futures

“Wherever possible, everything in this book was made by Black hands.”
― Kimberly Drew, Black Futures

“Abled people are always telling me, “In the future we’ll all be sick” or that disability is the most likely result of climate catastrophe. And I’m like, everyone I know is already sick. Most of the people I know are already disabled. Whether through illness, injury, trauma, congenital disabilities—all of those.”
― Kimberly Drew, Black Futures

“If you find yourself naked with someone who doesn’t look at you with the love, care, and worship with which you see yourself, reclaim your skin—there are always more lovers in the sea or the app. Someone wants your body whole. Wait for that.”
― Kimberly Drew, Black Futures

“I have seen many rooms that need people just like you.”
― Kimberly Drew, This Is What I Know About Art