Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSWe are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.
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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
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I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.
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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.
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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
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When I start writing a poem, I don’t think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done.
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Exhaust the little moment soon it dies.
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A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
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It is brave to be involved.
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I don’t like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
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