The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible. – James Baldwin
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. – James Baldwin
The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening this concept to include black men. – James Baldwin
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. – James Baldwin