Ralph Ellison Quotes About Humanity
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We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
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Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.
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America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that is the great truth of our country or of any country. Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Our fate is to become one, and yet many - This in not prophecy, but description.
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Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
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