Quotes on Harlem Renaissance

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?