You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
TONI MORRISONThe best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
-
-
Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
TONI MORRISON -
I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
TONI MORRISON -
I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
TONI MORRISON -
Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISON -
Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
TONI MORRISON -
Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
TONI MORRISON -
Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISON -
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
TONI MORRISON -
Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
TONI MORRISON -
In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
TONI MORRISON -
He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISON -
The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
TONI MORRISON -
If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
TONI MORRISON -
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
TONI MORRISON -
It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
TONI MORRISON






