Author: Nikki Giovanni

Quotes

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.

- Nikki Giovanni

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

- Nikki Giovanni

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

- Nikki Giovanni

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

- Nikki Giovanni

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

- Nikki Giovanni

White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

- Nikki Giovanni

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

- Nikki Giovanni

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden.

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden.

- Nikki Giovanni

Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.

Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.

- Nikki Giovanni

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