About Maya Angelou
1928 – 2014
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist celebrated for her series of autobiographies. Known for her lyrical prose and unflinching honesty about trauma and resilience.
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“A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.”
“A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.”
“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.”
“It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them.”