Alexis De Veaux Quotes

United States, Writer
September 24, 1948

Alexis De Veaux is a black, lesbian American writer and illustrator. She chaired the Department of Women's Studies, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her surname also appears as DeVeaux.

Also known as Illustrator

“A girl is a soul at sunrise.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Soul
- Girl
- Sunrise
“Music stays in the air. It travels at the speed of breath at the sound of light.It is never not heard.It can wait centuries if it has to.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Music
- Travels
- Centuries

“To change is to be vulnerable. And to be vulnerable is to be alive.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Change
- Alive
- Vulnerable
“Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Writers
- Spies
“Politics is a word spelled N-O-W.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Politics
- Word
- Now
“I don't see what people get from hating other people unless it's a special thing I just ain't hip to.”

Alexis De Veaux
- People
- Hating
“Survival is a four letter word.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Survival
- Four
- Letter
“Pain can be washed out with a song. / Pain can become jazz digested and transformed.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Song
- Pain
- Transformed

“Yes I graduated from high school. Welfare. Temporary work, please. What is my problem? I want to eat.”

Alexis De Veaux
- Work
- School
- Eat
“The house has to be clean and in order because I have to be able to sift through the creative disorder in my mind. The mental disorder that I'm exploring has to bounce off the walls. It has to go in and out of different rooms. If the room is not in order, then I can't distinguish which is which, and that really drives me crazy.”

Alexis De Veaux
- House
- Crazy
- Room