Author: Richard Wright

Quotes

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

- Richard Wright

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons.

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons.

- Richard Wright

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

- Richard Wright

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing.

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing.

- Richard Wright

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