Category - Ralph Ellison

Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Ralph Ellison, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Ralph Ellison
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Ralph Ellison

There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

The understanding of art depends finally upon one’s willingness to extend one’s humanity and one’s knowledge of human life.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.

– Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.

– Ralph Ellison

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