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Quotes from An interview with James Baldwin — James Baldwin

1924–1987 United States

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Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.

An interview with James Baldwin (1961)

Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true that the safety is always necessarily an illusion. Artists are here to disturb the peace.

An interview with James Baldwin (1961)

If you don't know what happened behind you, you've no idea of what is happening around you.

An interview with James Baldwin (1961)

Art has to be a kind of confession.

An interview with James Baldwin (1961)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Baldwin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.