The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by one's own human failings. They are the only consistent art in the United States which constantly remind us of our limitations while encouraging us to see how far we can actually go. When understood in their more profound implication, they are a corrective, an attempt to draw a line upon man's own limitless assertion.
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I … - Ralph Ellison
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I …
- Ralph Ellison
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow. - Ralph Ellison
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
I am nobody but myself. - Ralph Ellison
I am nobody but myself.
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my de… - Ralph Ellison
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my de…
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. - Ralph Ellison
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. - Ralph Ellison
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
Education is all a matter of building bridges. - Ralph Ellison
Education is all a matter of building bridges.
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it. - Ralph Ellison
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. - Ralph Ellison
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.
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