Quotes by Countee Cullen

About Countee Cullen:

Countee Cullen was an American poet who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. (He pronounced his name "Coun-tay," not "Coun-tee.")
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I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

Countee Cullen

So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.

Countee Cullen

For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.

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I have a rendezvous with life.

Countee Cullen

Your love to me was like an unread book.

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Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing.

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And if I please you so, my lover, Remember praise is comely.

Countee Cullen

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.

Countee Cullen

Author Bio

  • NameCountee Cullen
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornMay 30, 1903
  • DiedJanuary 9, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Novelist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; William E. Harmon Foundation Award For Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes