Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
TONI MORRISONAll paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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You are your own stories.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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You are your best thing.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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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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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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 civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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