Top 258 Quotes by Maya Angelou

About Maya Angelou

These are some quotes by American author Maya Angelou Poet, who lived between April 4, 1928 and May 28, 2014.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

Maya Angelou

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

Maya Angelou

I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

Maya Angelou

It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.

It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.

Maya Angelou

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.

Maya Angelou

To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw them against the wall to make them bounce. That's what Norman Mailer did. That's what James Baldwin did, and Joan Didion did, and that's what I do - that's what I mean to do.

Maya Angelou

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

Maya Angelou

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

Maya Angelou

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

Maya Angelou

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Maya Angelou

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