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 More Quotes by James Baldwin More Quotes From James Baldwin The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. James Baldwin man black power world Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James Baldwin others say doing who done Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Baldwin never good listening children Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. James Baldwin how poverty poor expensive People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. James Baldwin treat back bread people To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. James Baldwin almost rage time country There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now. James Baldwin moment future work time I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James Baldwin will pain hate people Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. James Baldwin you black white education Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. James Baldwin than more nothing affliction But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. James Baldwin without morality power relationship Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality. James Baldwin boy you journey love The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. James Baldwin lose nothing man dangerous society An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. James Baldwin person experience identity way Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters? James Baldwin think you love heaven I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James Baldwin i-am me time history American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. James Baldwin american said beautiful history People can cry much easier than they can change. James Baldwin than cry change people If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real for you whether they're real or not. James Baldwin person you real way Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin nobody pure dangerous heart
