Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Chrystos

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Chrystos.

Last updated on April 18, 2025.

Chrystos is a Menominee writer and two-spirit activist who has published various books and poems that explore indigenous Americans's civil rights, social justice, and feminism. Chrystos is also a lecturer, writing teacher and fine-artist. The poet uses the pronouns "they" and "them".

American - Poet | Born: November 7, 1946

Source: Wikipedia

Depression is a very sensible reaction to just about everything we live in now.

Chrystos

Our sacred beliefs have been made pencils / names of cities / gas stations / My knee is wounded so badly that I limp constantly / Anger is my crutch / I hold myself upright with it / My knee is wounded / see / How I Am Still Walking.

Chrystos

The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree.

Chrystos

They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our stories in locked rare book libraries / our dances on film / The only part of us they can't steal / is what we know.

Chrystos

Of course it is extremely difficult to like oneself in a culture which thinks you are a disease.

Chrystos

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Chrystos

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