Quotes by Baldwin, James

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child canno >>

Experience that destroys innocents also leads one back to it. >>

No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: f >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

In art as in love, instinct is enough. >>

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to >>

There is no true expertise in the humanities without knowing all of th >>

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.

Baldwin, James