Activist Quotes

David Wojnarowicz holding tombstone at October 11, 1988 ACT UP "Seize Control of the FDA," protest. Photo copyright and courtesy J. Scott Applewhite.

David Wojnarowicz holding tombstone at October 11, 1988 ACT UP “Seize Control of the FDA,” protest. Photo copyright and courtesy J. Scott Applewhite.

“I want to make somebody feel less alienated—that’s the most meaningful thing to me.”— David Wojnarowicz
(in conversation with photographer Nan Goldin, Interview, 1990)

Even before the loss of many friends to AIDS and David’s own HIV positive diagnosis, he identified with marginalized people everywhere. And used his platform as an artist and writer to lift them up.

“David’s voice, throughout his work, in all media, is clear, singular, monumental,” writes Elizabeth Hess in Aperture. “When David screamed we listened and the enemy shuddered.

 

Learn more about David’s activism through his thoughts and those of his peers.