Charles Bartlett Johnson Quotes

• My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

  Charles Bartlett Johnson

  Writing, Lenses, Possibility

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• Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.

  Charles Bartlett Johnson

  Integrity, Writing, Refuge

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• Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided . . . we have frozen our vision in figures that caricature, at best the complexity of our lives and leave the real artistic chore of interpretation unfinished.

  Charles Bartlett Johnson

  Real, Black, Vision

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• I found my way to make my peace with the recent past by turning it into WORD.

  Charles Bartlett Johnson

  Past, Way, Found

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• All art points to others with whom the writer argues about what is . . . He must have models with which to agree . . . or outright oppose . . . for Nature seems to remain silence.

  Charles Bartlett Johnson

  Art, Silence, Arguing

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