There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
TONI MORRISONMake a difference about something other than yourselves.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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You are your best thing.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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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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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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