Ralph Ellison Quotes about Music

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The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by one's own human failings. They are the only consistent art in the United States which

The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by one's own human failings. They are the only consistent art in the United States which constantly remind us of our limitations while encouraging us to see how far we can actually go. When understood in their more profound implication, they are a corrective, an attempt to draw a line upon man's own limitless assertion.

Ralph Ellison

Music, Art, Men

Ralph Ellison (2011). “Shadow and Act”, p.245, Vintage

The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own human failing.

Ralph Ellison

Music, Art, Failing

Ralph Ellison (2003). “The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison”, Random House LLC