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> [I got this letter asking me if I wanted to or if I would consider going to experimental test pilot school and becoming the first Negro astronaut and I thought it was crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/i-got-this-letter-asking-me-if-i-wanted-to-or-if-i-would-consider/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

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## More by Ed Dwight

> [There's always a fine line that divides hostility from neutrality, and I don't want to pass that line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/there-s-always-a-fine-line-that-divides-hostility-from-neutrality-and/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [I was welding art from my house, making abstract figures out of metal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/i-was-welding-art-from-my-house-making-abstract-figures-out-of-metal/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/i-went-to-white-schools-and-i-didn-t-know-anything-about-black-history/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [What people don't know is art was my deal and engineering was my sidebar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/what-people-don-t-know-is-art-was-my-deal-and-engineering-was-my/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [From the time I was a little itty-bitty kid, I was going to the airport every day. I began to study all the airplanes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/from-the-time-i-was-a-little-itty-bitty-kid-i-was-going-to-the/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [The basic thing you have to understand is everything that happens on that spaceship, from the time you crawl into that seat to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/the-basic-thing-you-have-to-understand-is-everything-that-happens-on/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [I got this letter asking me if I wanted to or if I would consider going to experimental test pilot school and becoming the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/i-got-this-letter-asking-me-if-i-wanted-to-or-if-i-would-consider/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [Regardless of what you feel about Obama and his politics - screw all that. The fact of the matter is, he was the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/regardless-of-what-you-feel-about-obama-and-his-politics-screw-all/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [I wanted to be on the cover of Life magazine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/i-wanted-to-be-on-the-cover-of-life-magazine/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

> [I did this whole series on the buffalo soldiers-on black soldiers-I did another series on black cowboys, and I presented myself to the gallery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-dwight/i-did-this-whole-series-on-the-buffalo-soldiers-on-black-soldiers-i/)

[Ed Dwight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-dwight/)

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