Adventure is a great thing, which should be in everybody’s life. According to ‘The Late Late Show’ on TV, in the old days when Americans headed West in covered wagons, they was almost sure to run into adventure – at the very least a battle with the Red Skins. Nowadays, if you want to run into adventure, go to Alabama or Mississippi, where you can battle with the White Skins.
Langston Hughes
Adventure, History, Exploration, Race Relations, Cultural Critique
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“Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.” Langston Hughes
Poetry, Music, Power, Danger, Artistic Impact
Langston Hughes Poetry, Music, Power, Danger, Artistic Impact“To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro—and beautiful!'” Langston Hughes
Art, Racial Identity, Self-acceptance, Cultural Pride, Artistic Responsibility
Langston Hughes Art, Racial Identity, Self-acceptance, Cultural Pride, Artistic Responsibility“If you want to honor me, give some young boy or girl who's coming along trying to create arts and write and compose and sing and act and paint and dance and make something out of the beauties of the Negro race-give that child some help.” Langston Hughes
Legacy, Art, Youth, Racial Pride, Support For Creativity
Langston Hughes Legacy, Art, Youth, Racial Pride, Support For Creativity“Money and art are far apart.” Langston Hughes
Art, Money, Value, Cultural Dichotomy, Economic Struggle
Langston Hughes Art, Money, Value, Cultural Dichotomy, Economic Struggle“I was unhappy for a long time, and very lonesome, living with my grandmother. Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books – where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas.” Langston Hughes
Books, Loneliness, Escape, Literary World, Personal Growth
Langston Hughes Books, Loneliness, Escape, Literary World, Personal Growth“Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.” Langston Hughes
Politics, Poetry, Danger, Artistic Survival, Creative Power
Langston Hughes Politics, Poetry, Danger, Artistic Survival, Creative Power“Democracy will not come today, this year, nor ever through compromise and fear.” Langston Hughes
Democracy, Courage, Social Change, Political Commentary, Determination
Langston Hughes Democracy, Courage, Social Change, Political Commentary, Determination“Now, In June, When the night is a vast softness Filled with blue stars, And broken shafts of moon-glimmer Fall upon the earth, Am I too old to see the fairies dance? I cannot find them any more.” Langston Hughes
Aging, Wonder, Nature, Imagination, Loss Of Innocence
Langston Hughes Aging, Wonder, Nature, Imagination, Loss Of Innocence“Cora was like a tree – once rooted, she stood, in spite of storms and strife, wind, and rocks, in the earth.” Langston Hughes
Resilience, Strength, Nature Metaphor, Character Description, Perseverance
Langston Hughes Resilience, Strength, Nature Metaphor, Character Description, Perseverance“My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.” Langston Hughes
Writing, Representation, African American, Cultural Narrative, Social Documentation
Langston Hughes Writing, Representation, African American, Cultural Narrative, Social Documentation“Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.” Langston Hughes
Music, Poverty, Happiness, Art, Social Value
Langston Hughes Music, Poverty, Happiness, Art, Social Value“There are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long." That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come.” Langston Hughes
Writing, Activism, Social Change, Racial Justice, Artistic Responsibility
Langston Hughes Writing, Activism, Social Change, Racial Justice, Artistic Responsibility“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.” Langston Hughes
Life, Death, Music, Metaphor, Philosophical Reflection
Langston Hughes Life, Death, Music, Metaphor, Philosophical Reflection“Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry – I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.” Langston Hughes
Resilience, Defiance, Survival, African American Experience, Blues Sentiment
Langston Hughes Resilience, Defiance, Survival, African American Experience, Blues Sentiment“It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.” Langston Hughes
Poverty, Frustration, Social Commentary, Economic Struggle, Human Condition
Langston Hughes Poverty, Frustration, Social Commentary, Economic Struggle, Human Condition“I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind- And I see that my own hands can make The world that's in my mind.” Langston Hughes
Empowerment, Self-perception, Creativity, Personal Agency, Transformation
Langston Hughes Empowerment, Self-perception, Creativity, Personal Agency, Transformation“The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.” Langston Hughes
History, Pain, Hope, Future Transformation, Social Change
Langston Hughes History, Pain, Hope, Future Transformation, Social Change“Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.” Langston Hughes
America, Idealism, Equality, Social Justice, National Identity
Langston Hughes America, Idealism, Equality, Social Justice, National Identity