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> [I like the labels because I think they tell my story in a very concise way: gay, Latino. I think the responsibility that comes with accepting labels is that now I get a chance to break stereotypes. It gives me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/i-like-the-labels-because-i-think-they-tell-my-story-in-a-very/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

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## More by Richard Blanco

> [Entering into writing a poem is an emotional endeavor for me as well as a spiritual and creative one. Having to write those poems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/entering-into-writing-a-poem-is-an-emotional-endeavor-for-me-as-well/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [I had been thinking about the question, "What do I love about America?" I kept coming back to this idea of community and home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/i-had-been-thinking-about-the-question-what-do-i-love-about-america-i/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [Artists are the emotional historians of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/artists-are-the-emotional-historians-of-the-world/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [Your life is a work of art that you will work on the rest of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/your-life-is-a-work-of-art-that-you-will-work-on-the-rest-of-your-life/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [We have always been searching for home. It's in our art... our religion... everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/we-have-always-been-searching-for-home-it-s-in-our-art-our-religion/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [What was transformative was being at the inauguration, reading my poem, and realizing that the quest for home and identity had always been part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/what-was-transformative-was-being-at-the-inauguration-reading-my-poem/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [Everything is symbolic. If they'd picked some middle-aged white guy, well, that would have been a symbol, but it wouldn't have been shocking because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/everything-is-symbolic-if-they-d-picked-some-middle-aged-white-guy/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [I was at a stage in my life where I felt sort of comfortable being a dislocated person emotionally, feeling in some ways like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/i-was-at-a-stage-in-my-life-where-i-felt-sort-of-comfortable-being-a/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [Good art and a good life answers questions. Great art and a great life asks questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/good-art-and-a-good-life-answers-questions-great-art-and-a-great-life/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [As an immigrant, there's a little part of you that always says, "Well, I'm not a hundred percent American." America is some other little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/as-an-immigrant-there-s-a-little-part-of-you-that-always-says-well-i/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [“to know a country takes all we know of love: some days better than others, but never easy to keep our promise every morning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/to-know-a-country-takes-all-we-know-of-love-some-days-better-than/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

> [I like the labels because I think they tell my story in a very concise way: gay, Latino. I think the responsibility that comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-blanco/i-like-the-labels-because-i-think-they-tell-my-story-in-a-very/)

[Richard Blanco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-blanco/)

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