Creative Quotations from Langston Hughes (1902-1967) born on Feb 1 US poet, writer; an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance; The Weary Blues,

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Creative Quotations from Langston Hughes (1902-1967) born on Feb 1 US poet, writer; an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance; The Weary Blues, 1926.

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.

What happens to a dream deferred What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?... Or does it explode?

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

You have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer – not just… a one-book man.

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