127 Quotes by Gwendolyn Brooks

I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.

Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.

Exhaust the little moment / Soon it dies.

And if sun comes / How shall we greet him? / Shall we not dread him, / Shall we not fear him / After so lengthy a / Session with shade?

Words can do wonderful things. They pound, purr. They can urge, they can wheedle, whip, whine. They can sing, sass, singe. They can churn, check, channelize. They can be a "Hup two three four." They can forge a fiery army of a hundred languid men.

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?

Each body has its art...

When I start writing a poem, I don't think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done.