Langston Hughes Quotes

The sea is a desert of waves, A wilderness of water.

Joe has sense enough to knowHe is a god.So many gods don't know.

Sometimes a crumb fallsFrom the tables of joy, Sometimes a boneIs flung.To some peopleLove is given, To othersOnly heaven.

OppressionNow dreamsAre not availableTo the dreamers, Nor songsTo the singers.In some landsDark nightAnd cold steelPrevail--But the dreamWill come back, And the songBreakIts jail.

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

Violent anger makes me physically ill.

In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.