Poetry is life distilled.

Quote by Gwendolyn Brooks

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I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

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...

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...

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

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

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...

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...

Allow yourself to be inspired. Allow yourself to succeed. Dare to excel

Allow yourself to be inspired. Allow yourself to succeed. Dare to excel

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the...

The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the...

The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead....

The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead....

Now, bring me that horizon.

Now, bring me that horizon.

What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty,...

What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty,...

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.