You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONThe best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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