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19 quotes by Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison Ralph Ellison Born Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-03-01)March 1, 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US Died April 16, 1994(1994-04-16) (aged 80) New York City Occupation Writer Genre Essay, criticism, novel, short story Notable works Invisible Man Notable awards National Book Award (1953) National Medal of Arts (1985) Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994) was an American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He...
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Education is all a matter of building bridges.

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I 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... →

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Some 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... →

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America 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... →

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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

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If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.

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Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

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I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

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When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

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Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.

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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

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Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.

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