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Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes

Before you go further, Picture Quote #1

As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I’d say I was Hawaiian Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action Picture Quote #1

In my writing, I want to address all communities, you know. I’ve spent many years talking about Chicano culture, Chicano history, and at the same time, I’ve also been in many communities and presented my work in many communities, in many classrooms, and that’s where my vision is and my delight is and my heart is Picture Quote #1

The banner of the project is ‘Casa de Colores.’ Under that banner, I’m going to invite people to do a lot of good things. Perhaps working in groups, working on poetry Picture Quote #1

San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it’s all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from Picture Quote #1

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First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English Picture Quote #1

What I really had was stories, the oral traditions of my parents. We moved so much that that was really our encyclopedia. A dream world told to me from my parents in the living room Picture Quote #1

We speak about understanding each other, having those conversations nationwide - culturally, historically - and yet there’s a lot of gaps. So I want to assist with closing the gap of knowing about and hearing about our Latino communities in terms of literature, in terms of writing Picture Quote #1

I tell my workshop students, ‘I want you to think of yourselves as artists. Then, when you’re writing, you’re painting, you’re crafting, you’re making a design, you’re sculpting, you’re creating choreography, sound, a sound script.’ Picture Quote #1

Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings - all of us. We learn from each other. If you’re missing on that stage, we learn less. We all need to be on that stage Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms Picture Quote #1

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I’m very grateful to all the people of Fresno, to Philip Levine and all the poets before me, and all the farmworkers. I didn’t get here by myself Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it’s like that. I go, ‘You know what? I’m going to just change scales. I’m going to even change instruments. And I’m going to go into the chromatics of the Spanish language,’ and I do. You know, the poem is totally different. It’s like a lunar voice versus a day voice, a solar voice Picture Quote #1

I like marketplaces. I like train stations; I like being in trains. I like airports. I like walking down the street with a pen in my hand, writing, writing, writing Picture Quote #1

We went from crop to crop, field to field. And my father had that army truck, a 1940s army truck from Fort Bliss, El Paso Picture Quote #1

I remember looking at James Joyce’s journals. It was just amazing - it looked like ants had written on the page. So much writing on one page, every corner of the page was filled. Some of the lines were underlined in yellow or blue or red. A lot of color, intense writing Picture Quote #1

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Before you go further, (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I’d say I was Hawaiian. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) In my writing, I want to address all communities, you know. I’ve spent many years talking about Chicano culture, Chicano history, and at the same time, I’ve also been in many communities and presented my work in many communities, in many classrooms, and that’s where my vision is and my delight is and my heart is. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) The banner of the project is ‘Casa de Colores.’ Under that banner, I’m going to invite people to do a lot of good things. Perhaps working in groups, working on poetry. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it’s all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) What I really had was stories, the oral traditions of my parents. We moved so much that that was really our encyclopedia. A dream world told to me from my parents in the living room. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) We speak about understanding each other, having those conversations nationwide - culturally, historically - and yet there’s a lot of gaps. So I want to assist with closing the gap of knowing about and hearing about our Latino communities in terms of literature, in terms of writing. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) I tell my workshop students, ‘I want you to think of yourselves as artists. Then, when you’re writing, you’re painting, you’re crafting, you’re making a design, you’re sculpting, you’re creating choreography, sound, a sound script.’ (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings - all of us. We learn from each other. If you’re missing on that stage, we learn less. We all need to be on that stage. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) I’ve worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) I’m very grateful to all the people of Fresno, to Philip Levine and all the poets before me, and all the farmworkers. I didn’t get here by myself. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) Sometimes it’s like that. I go, ‘You know what? I’m going to just change scales. I’m going to even change instruments. And I’m going to go into the chromatics of the Spanish language,’ and I do. You know, the poem is totally different. It’s like a lunar voice versus a day voice, a solar voice. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) I like marketplaces. I like train stations; I like being in trains. I like airports. I like walking down the street with a pen in my hand, writing, writing, writing. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) We went from crop to crop, field to field. And my father had that army truck, a 1940s army truck from Fort Bliss, El Paso. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes) I remember looking at James Joyce’s journals. It was just amazing - it looked like ants had written on the page. So much writing on one page, every corner of the page was filled. Some of the lines were underlined in yellow or blue or red. A lot of color, intense writing. (Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes)