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> [It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind of projection that you actually have influenced people who are closest to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/it-seems-natural-to-me-that-as-a-writer-you-should-have-some-kind-of/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

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## More by Amiri Baraka

> [I had just been in some repressive situations - the black middle-class college scene and the crazy United States Air Force - and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/i-had-just-been-in-some-repressive-situations-the-black-middle-class/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [what is lost because it is most precious what is most precious because it is lost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/what-is-lost-because-it-is-most-precious-what-is-most-precious/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [You have to get an individual who's willing to actually struggle with the system to change it. As long as you have people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/you-have-to-get-an-individual-who-s-willing-to-actually-struggle-with/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/i-had-a-little-portable-typewriter-i-call-it-my-harlem-literary/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [I'm fully conscious all the time that I'm an American Negro, because it's part of my life. But I also know that if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/i-m-fully-conscious-all-the-time-that-i-m-an-american-negro-because/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/the-artist-s-role-is-to-raise-the-consciousness-of-the-people-to-make/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [Mao Zedong was a revolutionary. He made a revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/mao-zedong-was-a-revolutionary-he-made-a-revolution/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [The films of Warhol, when they are about anything are about sucking people off. This can be high art, to people who are interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/the-films-of-warhol-when-they-are-about-anything-are-about-sucking/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [The poet is someone, I think, who's interested in registering experience immediately or giving you the sense of immediacy and directness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/the-poet-is-someone-i-think-who-s-interested-in-registering/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [“Poems are bullshit unless they are teeth or trees or lemons piled on a step. Or black ladies dying of men leaving nickel hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/poems-are-bullshit-unless-they-are-teeth-or-trees-or-lemons-piled-on/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [Thought is more important than art…To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/thought-is-more-important-than-art-to-revere-art-and-have-no/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [Jimmy Baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure: he was a man, spirit, voice - old and black and terrible as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/jimmy-baldwin-was-not-only-a-writer-an-international-literary-figure/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [The future is always here in the past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/the-future-is-always-here-in-the-past/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [I am inside someone who hates me. I look out from his eyes. Smell what fouled tunes come in to his breath. Love his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/i-am-inside-someone-who-hates-me-i-look-out-from-his-eyes-smell-what/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

> [The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/the-further-jazz-moves-away-from-the-stark-blue-continuum-and-the/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

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