7 quotes
"Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Creativity
"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."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Belief in Self
"We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Connection to Earth
"One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Contentment
"A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Education
""We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different for ourselves.""
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Philosophy
"We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different for ourselves."
- Gwendolyn Brooks
Philosophy