Ralph Ellison's Profile
Brief about Ralph Ellison: By info that we know Ralph Ellison was born at 1914-03-01. And also Ralph Ellison is American Author.
Some Ralph Ellison's quotes. Goto "Ralph Ellison's quotation" section for more.I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
Tags: Invisible, Simply, UnderstandI am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
Tags: Mind, Said, UnderstandLife is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
Tags: Face, Humanity, LifeSome people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
Tags: Others, Relationship, YourselfAmerica is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
Tags: America, Become, FateI am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Tags: Ashamed, Slaves, TimeThe understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
Tags: Art, Knowledge, LifeEclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
Tags: Him, Style, WordGood fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
Tags: Good, Real, RealityIf the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.
Tags: Free, Power, WordThe act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
Tags: Past, Time, WritingRelated topics
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