James Baldwin Quote

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.


Notes of a Native Son (ed. 1964)


It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.