Nikki Giovanni

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.' ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#created #fact #generation #hey #i

Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#definitely #favorite #feelings #hurt #like

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#good #good time #i #now #see

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#friends #go #good #good friends #like

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#decaying #everything #growing #growing up #only

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#error #fact #life #mistakes #response

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#love #others #responsible #say #some

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#cultivate #cultivated #taste

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#embracing #expression #hip-hop

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#believe #cannot #human #human spirit #should