“The face of a woman, whatever be the force or extent of her mind, whatever be the importance of the object she pursues, is always an obstacle or a reason in the story of her life.” MindReasonStoriesFacesForceObjectsImportanceObstaclesPursue Author:Madame de Stael
“I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling. At a very young age I learned the importance of telling stories - I saw that stories are the most potent way of seeing anything we encounter in our lives, and how we can deal with living.” WayStoriesAgeYoungImaginationDealsBoysSawsOur LivesSeeingGrewGrew UpTraditionImportanceStorytellingEncountersVillageMy ImaginationYoung AgeTelling StoriesSierraOral TraditionSierra LeoneSmall Villages Author:Ishmael Beah
“What seems most significant to me about our movement is that we have freed painting from the importance of the subject. I am at liberty to paint flowers and call them flowers, without their needing to tell a story.” StoriesSeemsLibertySubjectsMovementPaintingFlowerImportancePaintSignificant Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“For girls and women, storytelling has a double and triple importance. Because the stories of our lives have been marginalized and ignored by history, and often dismissed and treated as 'gossip' within our own cultures and families, female human beings are more likely to be discouraged from telling our stories and from listening to each other with seriousness.” HumansHas BeensStoriesCultureGirlHuman BeingsHistoryOur LivesListeningFemaleImportanceTreatedStorytellingGossipIgnoredDiscouragedSeriousnessMarginalized Author:Gloria Steinem