Gwendolyn Brooks quotes

Gwendolyn Brooks was an acclaimed American poet and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her work vividly captured the everyday experiences and struggles of African American communities. She has inspired generations of writers with her powerful voice and commitment to social change. Here are 68 of her quotes:

I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it. (Gwendolyn Brooks)
I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. View quote
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages- and it is easier to stay at home. View quote
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When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else. View quote
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To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. View quote
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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise. View quote
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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water. View quote
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved. View quote
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars. (Gwendolyn Brooks)
We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond. View quote
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Be careful what you swallow. Chew! View quote
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves. View quote
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Poetry is life distilled. View quote
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Writing is a delicious agony. View quote
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Each body has its art. View quote
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What, what am I to do with all of this life? View quote
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As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you. View quote
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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words. View quote
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Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love. (Gwendolyn Brooks)
When I start writing a poem, I don't think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done. View quote
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Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything. View quote
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One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers. View quote
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We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. View quote
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Gwendolyn Brooks

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: June 7, 1917
Died: December 3, 2000
Quotes count: 68
Wikipedia: Gwendolyn Brooks

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