Langston Hughes Quotes & Sayings
14 most famous Langston Hughes quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American poet who passed away on 22 May, 1967.
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.”
“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.”
“We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.”
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”
“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?”
“I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.”
“Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.”
“Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.”
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