Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes. — 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
I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Writing is a conversation with reading; a dialogue with thinking. All conversations with older people contain repetition. Some of the ideas mean… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make… — 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
In law school they teach you that everything is a contract; well, in poetry everything is a narrative. — 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