--- title: "Best James Baldwin Quotes" description: "Browse 54 James Baldwin quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best James Baldwin sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/kathryn-lasky-4266_freedom_freedom-is-not-something-that-anybody-ca_791286.png" --- > [“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-lasky/freedom-is-not-something-that-anybody-can-be-given-freedom-is-2/) [Kathryn Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-lasky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/kathryn-lasky-4266_freedom_freedom-is-not-something-that-anybody-ca_791286.png) > [“People pay for that they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And the pay for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/people-pay-for-that-they-do-and-still-more-for-what-they-have-allowed/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/dorothy-allison-2041_baldwin_people-pay-for-that-they-do-and-still-mo_2123944.png) > [I was influenced growing up by everything from Harlequin romances to Fedor Dostoyevsky and Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danzy-senna/i-was-influenced-growing-up-by-everything-from-harlequin-romances-to/) [Danzy Senna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danzy-senna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/danzy-senna-19310_dostoyevsky_i-was-influenced-growing-up-by-everythin_1097517.jpg) > [One of my favorite things on YouTube is the famous 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley at Cambridge University.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bari-weiss/one-of-my-favorite-things-on-youtube-is-the-famous-1965-debate/) [Bari Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bari-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/bari-weiss-7138_cambridge-university_one-of-my-favorite-things-on-youtube-is_725660.jpg) > [“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hedges/people-who-shut-their-eyes-to-reality-simply-invite-their-own-3/) [Chris Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/chris-hedges-2131_eyes-reality_people-who-shut-their-eyes-to-reality-si_2594112.png) > [As much as I love to slay a red carpet hitting the ground running with 'Beale Street' and 'Native Son,' representing two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-layne/as-much-as-i-love-to-slay-a-red-carpet-hitting-the-ground-running/) [KiKi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-layne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/kiki-layne-6343_art_as-much-as-i-love-to-slay-a-red-carpet-h_2997330.jpg) > [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/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/raoul-peck-8162_books_i-started-to-read-james-baldwin-very-ear_1971792.jpg) > [ \[James\] Baldwin was a revelation for me, the kind of revelation that follows you all your life because you can go back… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-was-a-revelation-for-me-the-kind-of-revelation-that/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-revelation-for-me-th_550467.jpg) > [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/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/raoul-peck-8162_african-american_i-think-that-james-baldwin-is-for-sure-o_1021503.jpg) > [ \[James\] Baldwin was a celebrity. A TV show like Kenneth Clark could put him aside of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-was-a-celebrity-a-tv-show-like-kenneth-clark-could-put/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-celebrity-a-tv-show_2643847.jpg) > [ It was really always about bringing back \[James\] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/it-was-really-always-about-bringing-back-james-baldwin-s-words-in-all/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/raoul-peck-8162_consequence_it-was-really-always-about-bringing-back_1244605.jpg) > [I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-raboteau/i-learned-from-james-baldwin-that-one-can-be-a-novelist-essayist-and/) [Emily Raboteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-raboteau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/emily-raboteau-38044_activist_i-learned-from-james-baldwin-that-one-ca_1953281.jpg) > [“Yet it is only when one is able, without bitterness or self-pity, to surrender a dream one has long cherished, or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baldwin/yet-it-is-only-when-one-is-able-without-bitterness-or-self-pity-to/) [James Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baldwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/james-baldwin-995_dreams_yet-it-is-only-when-one-is-able-without_1269241.jpg) > [My dream role is to portray someone like James Baldwin. I've always been a fan of his writing, and I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-williams/my-dream-role-is-to-portray-someone-like-james-baldwin-i-ve-always/) [Michael K. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-k-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/michael-k-williams-10566_acceptance_my-dream-role-is-to-portray-someone-like_2426435.png) ## Top authors on James Baldwin ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/james-baldwin/#itemlist", "name": "James Baldwin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. 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It's about deconstructing the world around you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raoul Peck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-was-a-revelation-for-me-the-kind-of-revelation-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-revelation-for-me-th_550467.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-revelation-for-me-th_550467.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-revelation-for-me-th_550467.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[James] Baldwin was a revelation for me, the kind of revelation that follows you all your life because you…” — Raoul Peck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handily revolutionized the political, artistic and historical discourses about America. He created his particular and original language.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raoul Peck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-think-that-james-baldwin-is-for-sure-one-of-the-most-important/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/raoul-peck-8162_african-american_i-think-that-james-baldwin-is-for-sure-o_1021503.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/raoul-peck-8162_african-american_i-think-that-james-baldwin-is-for-sure-o_1021503.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/raoul-peck-8162_african-american_i-think-that-james-baldwin-is-for-sure-o_1021503.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time…” — Raoul Peck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[James] Baldwin was a celebrity. A TV show like Kenneth Clark could put him aside of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He was, at least, one of the three most important spokesmen of the movement and of the black community.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raoul Peck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-was-a-celebrity-a-tv-show-like-kenneth-clark-could-put/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-celebrity-a-tv-show_2643847.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-celebrity-a-tv-show_2643847.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/raoul-peck-8162_baldwin_james-baldwin-was-a-celebrity-a-tv-show_2643847.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[James] Baldwin was a celebrity. 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