Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. -Langston Hughes Nature
Jazz, to me, is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America: the eternal tom-tom beating in the Negro soul - the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile. -Langston Hughes Smile
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. -Langston Hughes Humor
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. -Langston Hughes Beauty
In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing. -Langston Hughes Freedom
Jazz, to me, is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America: the eternal tom-tom beating in the Negro soul - the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile. -Langston Hughes Work
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 Poetry
Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours. -Langston Hughes Relationship
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. -Langston Hughes Art
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. -Langston Hughes Happiness
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 Teacher
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too. -Langston Hughes Fear
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. -Langston Hughes Life
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves. -Langston Hughes Beauty
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. -Langston Hughes Cool
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. -Langston Hughes Nature
