Poetry is life distilled.

Quote by Gwendolyn Brooks

Topics: Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will...

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will...

Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.

Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I...

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I...

When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand,...

When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand,...

When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them...

When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them...

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is...

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is...

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to...

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to...

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to...

Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to...

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner...

What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner...

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I...

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I...