Ashley Bryan

I love poetry. It's at the heart of everything I do. Poetry transforms what we call language, and uses language as the…

— Ashley Bryan

When John Lennon left the Beatles and started making music with Yoko Ono, many people scoffed at the idea. How could this…

— Ashley Bryan

I loved music. I played the piano. However I knew there was no way I could have successfully competed in that environment.

— Ashley Bryan

“I've walked a long trail, a long trail of years flushed with tears. Tears of remembrance. Years of driven labor have not…

— Ashley Bryan

Having a safe space to imagine and dream and (re)invent yourself is the first step to being happy and successful, whatever road…

— Ashley Bryan

There is no time to fail.

— Ashley Bryan

If I go into a museum, it doesn't matter how often a work of art has been written about or thought about,…

— Ashley Bryan

“Revealing aspects of the mystery of being human is life's inexhaustible research. Through the adventures of art, we find the meaning of…

— Ashley Bryan

Think about how many great works of art or game-changing ideas were ahead of their time - their creator's talent underappreciated until…

— Ashley Bryan

If someone says they are taking my time - that's the one thing you never can take. I have to offer it.…

— Ashley Bryan

“Through all my years enslaved, I've listened to ancestral voices echoing through my weariness, giving me strength to withstand injustice, to believe…

— Ashley Bryan

There are so many ways in which we learn about life and the self. Each day opens paths to this exploration. For…

— Ashley Bryan