An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
- Langston Hughes Quote

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.
- Langston Hughes Quote

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

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly, Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams go, Life is a barren field, Frozen with snow.
- Langston Hughes Quote

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
- Langston Hughes Quote

I swear to the Lord,I still can't see,Why Democracy means,Everybody but me.
- Langston Hughes Quote

I will not take "but" for an answer.
- Langston Hughes Quote

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
- Langston Hughes Quote

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
- Langston Hughes Quote

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.
- Langston Hughes Quote

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
- Langston Hughes Quote

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?... Or does it explode?
- Langston Hughes Quote