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.“
"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.“
"A Note on Humor", from The Book of Negro Humor 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, p. vii (1966)
„You are white —
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.“
"Theme from English B"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Kontext: 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.
„I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.“
"I, Too, Sing America," in the magazine Survey Graphic (March 1925); reprinted in Selected Poems (1959)
Kontext: 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.
„What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?“
"Harlem"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Kontext: 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?
„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!“
Let America Be America Again (1935)
Kontext: 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!
„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.“
"Theme from English B"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
