Creative Quotations from Nikki Giovanni (1943-___

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."

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.

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."