Author: James Baldwin

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The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

- James Baldwin

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

- James Baldwin

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

- James Baldwin

The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

- James Baldwin

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

- James Baldwin

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

- James Baldwin

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.

- James Baldwin

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

- James Baldwin

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