Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelouwas an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1928
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.
If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.
The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.
In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.
If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world?
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.
Everybody in the world wants the same thing...to be needed...a job that he/she can do well...to love somebody...Everybody...There's no mystery.
My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.
When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world, that is when, and only when we come to it
One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.
If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.
I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.
Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.