Creative Quotations from . . .
Nikki Giovanni
(1943-____) born on Jun 7
US author, poet. The "Princess of Black Poetry" wrote "My House," 1972 and "The Women and the Men," 1975.
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F
It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

R
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
A
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
N
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.
K
A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will have a black mind.
 

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
R: "A Dialogue," with James Baldwin, 1973.
A: In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
N: Of Liberation, st. 16, in "Black Feeling/Black Talk/Black Judgement," 1970.
K: "A Dialogue," with James Baldwin, 1973; from a conversation in London, 4 Nov 1971.
 

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