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title: "54 James Baldwin Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 54 James Baldwin quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best James Baldwin sayings and thoughts."
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> [I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-lemon/i-am-a-big-devourer-of-james-baldwin/)

[Don Lemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-lemon/)

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> [I love James Baldwin's autobiographical writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-love-james-baldwin-s-autobiographical-writing/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I'm a big James Baldwin fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-griffin/i-m-a-big-james-baldwin-fan/)

[Patty Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patty-griffin/)

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> [ \[James\] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-is-needed-even-more-today-because-he-helps-you-focus-to/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [It means so much to be a part of bringing James Baldwin's words to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-layne/it-means-so-much-to-be-a-part-of-bringing-james-baldwin-s-words-to/)

[KiKi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-layne/)

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> [I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/i-still-love-carson-mccullers-and-raymond-carver-and-toni-morrison/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [ Today, I don't even think that people like \[James Baldwin\] are possible. He would not have that much room. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/today-i-don-t-even-think-that-people-like-james-baldwin-are-possible/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [“James Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook—Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/james-baldwin-s-my-dungeon-shook-letter-to-my-nephew-on-the-one-2/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

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> [James Baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people, one of the most extraordinary authors in this country, black or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-is-probably-for-me-and-for-many-other-people-one-of-the/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laila-lalami/i-love-james-baldwin-essays-but-also-his-novels-i-recently-read/)

[Laila Lalami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laila-lalami/)

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> [ \[James\] Baldwin explained that you have your own history, and that you cannot be responsible, for example, for slavery. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-explained-that-you-have-your-own-history-and-that-you/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. James Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ab/the-price-one-pays-for-pursuing-any-profession-or-calling-is-an/)

[AB](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ab/)

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> [ Why would anything change that has not been changed since the existence of cinema? \[James\] Baldwin somehow wakes you up to reality.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/why-would-anything-change-that-has-not-been-changed-since-the/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/there-will-be-and-should-be-reams-and-reams-of-analysis-even-praise/)

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

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> [“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/i-imagine-one-of-the-reasons-people-cling-to-their-hates-so-2/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [ Over the years, he disappeared - like a lot of our leaders disappear. \[James Baldwin\] was not assassinated, but somehow he went… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/over-the-years-he-disappeared-like-a-lot-of-our-leaders-disappear/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [“Sociologically, politically, psychologically, spiritually, it was never enough for James Baldwin to categorize himself as one thing or the other: not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aberjhani/sociologically-politically-psychologically-spiritually-it-was-never/)

[Aberjhani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aberjhani/)

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> [I was from my little perch in a prep school I saw the civil rights movement and it was defining the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/i-was-from-my-little-perch-in-a-prep-school-i-saw-the-civil-rights/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [“James Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook—Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation,” published in The Fire Next Time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/james-baldwin-s-my-dungeon-shook-letter-to-my-nephew-on-the-one/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

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> [All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheo-hodari-coker/all-black-art-is-always-judged-to-illuminate-our-experience-and-prove/)

[Cheo Hodari Coker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheo-hodari-coker/)

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> [James Baldwin had an unrivaled understanding of politics and history and, above all, the human condition. His prose is laser sharp. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-had-an-unrivaled-understanding-of-politics-and-history/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-started-to-read-james-baldwin-very-early-on-in-my-life-at-a-time-as-2/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-think-that-james-baldwin-is-for-sure-one-of-the-most-important-2/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [“When I was 10, I read James Baldwin's 'Another Country,' and that book broke me. Not because I was encountering homosexual sex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/when-i-was-10-i-read-james-baldwin-s-another-country-and-that-book/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

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> [“I can't tell you how I felt when my father died. But I was able to write Song of Solomon and imagine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/i-can-t-tell-you-how-i-felt-when-my-father-died-but-i-was-able-to/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [“James Baldwin lived in this house for more than twenty-five years, and all that was left were half a dozen pink teacups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-kaadzi-ghansah/james-baldwin-lived-in-this-house-for-more-than-twenty-five-years-and/)

[Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-kaadzi-ghansah/)

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> [James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-is-one-of-the-greatest-north-american-writers-of-the/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [A key text for me is James Baldwin's essays. And, in particular, his essay Stranger in the Village. It's a text that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-ligon/a-key-text-for-me-is-james-baldwin-s-essays-and-in-particular-his/)

[Glenn Ligon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-ligon/)

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> [ From a young age, \[James Baldwin\] was watching all those different films. He's watching John Wayne killing off the Indians. He came… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/from-a-young-age-james-baldwin-was-watching-all-those-different-films/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [“Most, I loved James Baldwin's essays. There was to a Baldwin essay a metropolitan elegance I envied, a refusal of the livid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rodriguez/most-i-loved-james-baldwin-s-essays-there-was-to-a-baldwin-essay-a/)

[Richard Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rodriguez/)

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> [The role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/the-role-james-baldwin-played-in-my-life-is-incommensurable-as-stated/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [“from across the room, she caught a supportive, conspiratorial wink from James Baldwin and felt, for a moment, seen and known by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bond/from-across-the-room-she-caught-a-supportive-conspiratorial-wink-from/)

[Cynthia Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bond/)

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> [Growing up as a product of the black civil-rights movement, I had a lot of different models for black weirdness, whether it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/growing-up-as-a-product-of-the-black-civil-rights-movement-i-had-a/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tyree-henry/the-great-thing-about-james-baldwin-and-his-writing-is-that-it-s/)

[Brian Tyree Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tyree-henry/)

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> [I admire Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Elizabeth Strout, D. O. Fagunwa, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Colm Toibin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayobami-adebayo/i-admire-toni-morrison-wole-soyinka-margaret-atwood-james-baldwin/)

[Ayobami Adebayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayobami-adebayo/)

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> [ \[James\] Baldwin said the real question is not when there will be the first Negro president in this country. The important question… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-said-the-real-question-is-not-when-there-will-be-the/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [ \[James\] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice." ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-was-one-of-greatest-intellectuals-of-his-time-he-was-an/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [Queerness isn't just Lady Gaga and overpriced drinks and fauxhawks. It's James Baldwin and Bea Arthur and Gertrude Stein and Gore Vidal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cameron-mitchell/queerness-isn-t-just-lady-gaga-and-overpriced-drinks-and-fauxhawks-it/)

[John Cameron Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cameron-mitchell/)

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> [“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” —James Baldwin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-jo-peterson/children-have-never-been-very-good-at-listening-to-their-elders-but-3/)

[Wendy Jo Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-jo-peterson/)

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> [I went to the library and began to read some stuff on my own. My discovery of James Baldwin was life-changing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/i-went-to-the-library-and-began-to-read-some-stuff-on-my-own-my/)

[Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/)

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## Top authors on James Baldwin

- [Raoul Peck 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/james-baldwin/raoul-peck/)

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