Home / Quotes / Quote by Toni Morrison

Quote by Toni Morrison

“The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.”

Book:What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction

Work

What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction

This book is a compilation of selected nonfiction essays that delve into a wide range of subjects, offering insights and perspectives on diverse issues. more

Author

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison is an American novelist known for her profound portrayal of the history and culture of African Americans. Her works often explore issues of race, gender, and identity, with her most famous novels being 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Sula'. more

“I really want some meaning. It used to be easy to toss it off. Now it's harder and harder. You have to navigate just to find something that has nourishment. It's the absence of nourishment. What do you do in place of nourishment? It's usually junk. Either it's junk food or junk clothes or junk ideas.”

Want Ideas Used Easy Clothes Harder Absence Used To Be Junk Nourishment Toss Navigate Junk Food

Author:Toni Morrison

“I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are”

Want Values Decision Safe Discouraging

Author:Toni Morrison

“I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted.”

Thinking Dies Ready Ready To Die

Book:Disgrâce

Source: Disgrâce

“Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy, It is a rule, like the Rule of St Benedict.”

Two Philosophy Body Hardest Fixed Temperament Skulls Parts Of The Body St Benedict