Creative Quotations from . . .
Langston Hughes
(1902-1967) born on Feb 01
US "poet, writer, editor". "He was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "The Weary Blues," 1926."
 
   
F
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."

R
"Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly."
A
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? . . . Or does it explode?
N
Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
K
"To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," The Nation, 1926."
R: ""The Dream Keeper & Other Poems.""
A: ""Harlem.""
N: "In "Reader's Digest.""
K: ""Writers: Black and White," 1960."



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