The poetry is myself.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSBe yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.
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No man can give me any word but Wait.
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The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them, to find them lovable. Then the ’60s: Independent fire!
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Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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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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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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It is brave to be involved.
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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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Writing is a delicious agony.
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This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
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Each body has its art.
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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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The music is in minors.
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