My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America. Langston Hughes Read Quote
Even the ‘Negro’ shows like ‘Amos and Andy’ and ‘Beulah’ are written largely by white writers – the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine. Langston Hughes Read Quote
I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like ‘Tristan,’ goat’s milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike ‘Aida,’ parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges. Langston Hughes Read Quote
I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows – except us – that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet. Langston Hughes Read Quote
Writing is like travelling. It’s wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying. Langston Hughes Read Quote
To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering ‘I want to be white,’ hidden in the aspirations of his people, to ‘Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!’ Langston Hughes Read Quote
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people – the beauty within themselves. Langston Hughes Read Quote
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes Read Quote