Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours. Langston Hughes americabadlyearly share on social
Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying. Langston Hughes staytiretravel Change image and share on social
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode? Langston Hughes deferdreamexplode Change image and share on social
Without going outside his race, and even among the better classes with their 'white' culture and conscious American manners, but still Negro enough to be different, there is sufficient matter to furnish a black artist with a lifetime of creative work. Langston Hughes americanartistblack share on social
When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. Langston Hughes carecrypeople Change image and share on social
My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene Dietrich, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Henry Armstrong. Langston Hughes andersonbethunecarl share on social
The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror. Langston Hughes eyejewishlook Change image and share on social
I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges. Langston Hughes aidaboatbullfight share on social
I must never write when I do not want to write. Langston Hughes write Change image and share on social
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. Langston Hughes apeautumnbeauty Change image and share on social
