Wangechi Mutu Quotes

Nothing will change unless you talk about it.

I'm not one to stand by when something is happening.

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger

I know what my causes are. And I care about them, so I'd rather get out there and talk about them than just play it safe.

Great dangers give birth to great resolutions.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

We have got to stop being a society that turns our heads and looks the other way.

You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.

I think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better.

Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

I've always been the most vocal person socially about things that I feel are important.

Any reaction is better than none.

There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

Being silent and doing nothing is never the right answer. What happens in one state can happen in another.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

The warnings of the last 4 years have been ignored. As a result, every single alternative before us is accompanied by grave risks.

Unfortunately, this country requires body bags before it will act...

He that would speak the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

To live with integrity in an unjust society we must work for justice. To walk with integrity through a landscape strewn with beer cans, we must stop and pick them up.