I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to t... - Langston Hughes

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."

"I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and sank."

"I stay cool, and dig all jive,That's the way I stay alive.My motto, as I live and learn, isDig and be dugIn return."

"Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,Help us to seeThat without the dust the rainbowWould not be."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."