The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you donโt see.
James A. BaldwinIf the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
James A. BaldwinHatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
James A. BaldwinFreedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we did.
James A. Baldwin