Nikki Giovanni

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live

— Nikki Giovanni

“FOR SONIA SANCHEZ”

— Nikki Giovanni

History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal…

— Nikki Giovanni

“Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe…

— Nikki Giovanni

Who I am really keeps surprising me.

— Nikki Giovanni

Poetry is music though, unfortunately, not all music is poetry. Because music has other carriers to take its message - beats, lyrics,…

— Nikki Giovanni

[To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of…

— Nikki Giovanni

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write…

— Nikki Giovanni

Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most…

— Nikki Giovanni

“DONT EVER BE AFRAID TO COME TO ME N CRY ...DONT EVER HESITATE TO LOOK ME N THE EYE DONT EVER BE…

— Nikki Giovanni

And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

— Nikki Giovanni

I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not…

— Nikki Giovanni

you know a person is having a severe personality crisis if you see a high school class ring on a finger beyond…

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Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

— Nikki Giovanni

Iife/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands…

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“it is not unusual to sift through ashes and find an unburnt picture”

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Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

— Nikki Giovanni

There are things you stand up for because it’s right.

— Nikki Giovanni

We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.

— Nikki Giovanni

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

— Nikki Giovanni

What's the difference between dragging a black man behind a truck in Jasper, Texas, and beating a white boy to death in…

— Nikki Giovanni

“and everybody was happy that uncle lee was able to get that scholarship even though you wondered when you could do quadratic…

— Nikki Giovanni

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.

— Nikki Giovanni

I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

— Nikki Giovanni

If you're creating a slave situation, you would almost never bring women. And if we look at Slavery for example, we look…

— Nikki Giovanni