“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.”
"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
""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
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
- Nelson Mandela
Education
"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."
- John Graham
Education
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
- Mark Twain
Education
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Education
"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."
- Kotomi Ichinose
Education