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Toni Morrison Quotes

I don’t believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but they were political, because that’s what an artist is-a politician Picture Quote #1

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want Picture Quote #1

Grab this land! Take it, hold it, my brothers, make it, my brothers, shake it, squeeze it, turn it, twist it, beat it, kick it, kiss it, whip it, stomp it, dig it, plow it, seed it, reap it, rent it, buy it, sell it, own it, build it, multiply it, and pass it on-can you hear me? Pass it on! Picture Quote #1

The writing is - I’m free from pain. It’s the place where I live; it’s where I have control; it’s where nobody tells me what to do; it’s where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best. Nothing matters more in the world or in my body or anywhere when I’m writing Picture Quote #1

Two parents can’t raise a child any more than one. You need a whole community - everybody - to raise a child. And the little nuclear family is a paradigm that just doesn’t work. It doesn’t work for white people or for black people. Why are we hanging onto it, I don’t know. It isolates people into little units - people need a larger unit Picture Quote #1

Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship with men. Historically, black women have always sheltered their men because they were out there, and they were the ones that were most likely to be killed Picture Quote #1

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Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind Picture Quote #1

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers Picture Quote #1

Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances Picture Quote #1

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form Picture Quote #1

It’s a bad word, ‘belong.’ Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can’t own a human being Picture Quote #1

Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don’t get nothing for it Picture Quote #1

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I am in the position of judging people by the best they’ve ever done rather than the worst Picture Quote #1

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are Picture Quote #1

Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing Picture Quote #1

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city Picture Quote #1

Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signsÃ‚Â-all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured Picture Quote #1

Here was an ugly little girl asking for beauty....A little black girl who wanted to rise up out of the pit of her blackness and see the world with blue eyes. His outrage grew and felt like power. For the first time he honestly wished he could work miracles Picture Quote #1

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The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it’s in mortal danger Picture Quote #1

Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It’s more provocative to me and more stimulating to me Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person I was was this person who was called Chloe Picture Quote #1

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war Picture Quote #1

I don’t work. I keep telling people I’m unemployed. And I don’t wash dishes, and I don’t wash clothes, and I don’t clean my house. Somebody else does that Picture Quote #1

The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know Picture Quote #1

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If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it Picture Quote #1

What’s interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn Picture Quote #1

Don’t ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it Picture Quote #1

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think Picture Quote #1

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? Picture Quote #1

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That’s a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything Picture Quote #1

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I don’t believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but they were political, because that’s what an artist is-a politician (Toni Morrison Quotes) Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want (Toni Morrison Quotes) Grab this land! Take it, hold it, my brothers, make it, my brothers, shake it, squeeze it, turn it, twist it, beat it, kick it, kiss it, whip it, stomp it, dig it, plow it, seed it, reap it, rent it, buy it, sell it, own it, build it, multiply it, and pass it on-can you hear me? Pass it on! (Toni Morrison Quotes) The writing is - I’m free from pain. It’s the place where I live; it’s where I have control; it’s where nobody tells me what to do; it’s where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best. Nothing matters more in the world or in my body or anywhere when I’m writing (Toni Morrison Quotes) Two parents can’t raise a child any more than one. You need a whole community - everybody - to raise a child. And the little nuclear family is a paradigm that just doesn’t work. It doesn’t work for white people or for black people. Why are we hanging onto it, I don’t know. It isolates people into little units - people need a larger unit (Toni Morrison Quotes) Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship with men. Historically, black women have always sheltered their men because they were out there, and they were the ones that were most likely to be killed (Toni Morrison Quotes) Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind (Toni Morrison Quotes) Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers (Toni Morrison Quotes) Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form (Toni Morrison Quotes) It’s a bad word, ‘belong.’ Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can’t own a human being. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don’t get nothing for it. (Toni Morrison Quotes) I am in the position of judging people by the best they’ve ever done rather than the worst (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signsÃ‚Â-all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured (Toni Morrison Quotes) Here was an ugly little girl asking for beauty....A little black girl who wanted to rise up out of the pit of her blackness and see the world with blue eyes. His outrage grew and felt like power. For the first time he honestly wished he could work miracles. (Toni Morrison Quotes) The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it’s in mortal danger. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It’s more provocative to me and more stimulating to me. (Toni Morrison Quotes) I couldn’t bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person I was was this person who was called Chloe. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war (Toni Morrison Quotes) I don’t work. I keep telling people I’m unemployed. And I don’t wash dishes, and I don’t wash clothes, and I don’t clean my house. Somebody else does that. (Toni Morrison Quotes) The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know (Toni Morrison Quotes) If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. (Toni Morrison Quotes) What’s interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Don’t ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it. (Toni Morrison Quotes) As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think (Toni Morrison Quotes) You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? (Toni Morrison Quotes) No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That’s a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything. (Toni Morrison Quotes)

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