I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

- Josephine Baker

I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.

- Josephine Baker

We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natur…

- Josephine Baker

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

- Josephine Baker

You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

- Josephine Baker

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and…

- Josephine Baker

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

- Josephine Baker

You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and no…

- Josephine Baker

Let us stop saying 'white Americans' and 'colored Americans,' let us try once and for all saying... Americans. Let human beings be equal on Earth as …

- Josephine Baker