Langston Hughes citáty
Langston Hughes
Dátum narodenia: 1. február 1902
Dátum úmrtia: 22. máj 1967
Ďalšie mená:لنقستون هیوز,James Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes bol americký básnik, sociálny aktivista, románopisec, dramatik a publicista, predstaviteľ harlemskej renesancie.
Citáty Langston Hughes
„Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.“
— Langston Hughes
"Dreams," from the anthology Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers, ed. Arna Bontemps (1941)
„Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.“
— Langston Hughes
"A Note on Humor", from [https://books.google.com/books?id=60FkAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Humor+is+laughing+at+what+you+haven%27t+got+when+you+ought+to+have+it.%22 The Book of Negro Humor], p. vii (1966)
„The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!“
— Langston Hughes
Context: Sure, call me any ugly name you choose —
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!
„What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?“
— Langston Hughes
Context: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore —
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over —
like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
"Harlem"
„I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.“
— Langston Hughes
Context: I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
"I, Too, Sing America," in the magazine Survey Graphic (March 1925); reprinted in Selected Poems (1959)
„You are white —
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.“
— Langston Hughes
Context: You are white —
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.
That’s American.
Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to be a part of me.
Nor do I often want to be a part of you.
But we are, that’s true!
As I learn from you,
I guess you learn from me —
although you’re older — and white —
and somewhat more free.
"Theme from English B"
„Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
I like a pipe for a Christmas present,
or records — Bessie, bop, or Bach.
I guess being colored doesn’t make me not like
the same things other folks like who are other races.“
— Langston Hughes
"Theme from English B"
