Adrienne Maree Brown Quotes

born 1978 United States

Adrienne Maree Brown, often styled adrienne maree brown (born September 6, 1978), is a writer, activist and facilitator. From 2006 to 2010, she was the executive director of the Ruckus Society.

United States
Activists
Authors
Non-fiction authors
Science fiction authors

Also known as: Adrienne maree brown

Random Adrienne Maree Brown quote

27 quotes

There has been one constant, as far back as we can understand: The world is always changing.

The Green Generation (2007)

So much has changed there because of the work of Octavia, because of the work of Nnedi Okorafor, because of the work of Tananarive Due.

Interview with Democracy Now (2021)

When I imagine the world in a right relationship, it's a love story between our species and this Earth and amongst us.

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)

We might be learning slowly, but change is coming fast.

The Green Generation (2007)

Ultimately, pleasure activism is us learning to make justice and liberation the most pleasurable experiences we can have on this planet.

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019)

If we were able to unshackle our imaginations in this moment, I think our compatibility with the Earth would become possible.

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)

Science fiction is the perfect "exploring ground," as it gives us the opportunity to play with different outcomes and strategies before we have to deal with the real-world costs.

Outro to Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (2015)

So far, the only thing incremental about climate change is our American response to it.

The Green Generation (2007)

We’re losing leaders left and right, because people are making mistakes and now there’s no room for making mistakes.

Interview with On Being (2022)

Your no makes the way for your yes. Boundaries create the container within which your yes is authentic. Being able to say no makes yes a choice.

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019)

Pleasure activism asserts that we all need and deserve pleasure and that our social structures must reflect this. In this moment, we must prioritize the pleasure of those most impacted by oppression.

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019)

I remind myself I can't be good at something I'm doing for the first time, and that reminder helps me humble into learning mode.

Interview with Bon Appétit (2019)

I think we are very aware now that a ton of people who are in the prison industrial complex actually need mental health support.

Interview with KQED (2021)

I think that transformative justice is something that happens at an intimate level. It happens in a community that knows each other.

Interview with KQED (2021)

We can begin to see there are no isolated patterns. The universe has some favorites, and they repeat and they repeat, at every scale.

Interview with On Being (2022)

I appreciate the chaos of unplanned time. I find unorganized human time particularly intriguing.

Interview with Bon Appétit (2019)

I had to surrender so many wrong thoughts to begin to see.

Interview with Bon Appétit (2019)

Life moves towards life, you know. That’s the trick.

Interview with On Being (2022)

We hold so many worlds inside us. So many futures. It is our radical responsibility to share these worlds, to plant them in the soil of our society as seeds for the type of justice we want and need.

Outro to Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (2015)

My body has the capacity to sense immense pleasure, and as I get older I keep intentionally expanding my sensual awareness and decolonizing it so that I can sense more pleasure than capitalism believes in.

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adrienne Maree Brown (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.