Poetry is life distilled.
More Quotes from Gwendolyn Brooks:
What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poems I could take into a tavern, into the street, into the halls of a housing project.Gwendolyn Brooks
Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.
Gwendolyn Brooks
We are each other's magnitude and bond.
Gwendolyn Brooks
I've always thought of myself as a reporter.
Gwendolyn Brooks
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?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
Gwendolyn Brooks
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