Bicycle Quotes

"The thirty spokes of a bicycle wheel unite in the one center; but it is the center hub that makes it useful." —Adapted from Lao Tzu's Tao Ching (Book of Changes).

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of mankind" —H.G. Wells

"Ride lots." —Eddy Merckx

"I'll tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammelled womanhood." —Susan B. Anthony, 1896

“Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” —Bell Hooks, Feminism is for Everybody

"I produce feminist artworks using the bicycle as the primary symbol for liberation." —Keira Dooley

"I guess I just have bigger ovaries." —Missy Giove, Professional downhill mountain biker

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." —Gloria Steinem (hmm, this somehow relates!)

"There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it." — Henry Moore

"To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe