I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
go barefoot and be warm all the time not only when you go to bed and sleep — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had -… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’m a big fan of history—applying the lessons as well as the joys and sadness. If we pay attention, we would see… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked... . We as black people, we as… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
![“I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had - I've been very fortunate - a group of little old ladies that I love and who love me, and who turned and to whom I turn at different times.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c5c/nikki-giovanni-1757_black_i-wish-that-she-had-had-a-black-loon-bec_726965.jpg)
![“I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d5/nikki-giovanni-1757_nice_i-just-think-she-was-a-wonderful-woman-w_31454.jpg)
![“[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27b/nikki-giovanni-1757_add_to-become-a-poet-the-most-important-thin_189198.jpg)
