More from Alain LeRoy Locke
We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.
Alain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy Locke Not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an imagination that has never broken kinship with nature. Art must accept such gifts, and revaluate the giver.
Alain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy Locke All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be. With them, even ordinary living has epic depth and lyric intensity, and this, their material handicap, is their spiritual advantage.
Alain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy Locke The Younger Generation comes, bringing its gifts. They are the first fruits of the Negro Renaissance. Youth speaks, and the voice of the New Negro is heard.
Alain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy Locke Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.
Alain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy Locke
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Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
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All the senses awaken and fall into harmony in poetic reverie. Poetic reverie listens to this polyphony of the senses, and the poetic consciousness must record it.
Gaston BachelardGaston Bachelard I remember that I’m invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.
Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
Rabia BasriRabia Basri The real work is in the Heart: Wake up your Heart! Because when the heart is completely awake, Then it needs no Friend.
Rabia BasriRabia Basri A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac When you awaken to your silent nature there is a realization that you are happy without being someone, that you love without loving someone. This love includes everything.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland Late at night I’m awake thinking. I’m afraid of what I’d do to be able to taste you again.
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