Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is a lover's war, and he does, at his best, what lovers do, which is to reveal the beloved to himself and, with that revelation, to make freedom real.
James A. BaldwinI think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a people more infantile in my life.
James A. BaldwinA writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. No one can tell him about that. No one can control that reality. It reminds me of something Pablo Picasso was supposed to have said to Gertrude Stein while he was painting her portrait. Gertrude said, โI donโt look like that.โ And Picasso replied, โYou will.โ And he was right.
James A. Baldwin