Alain Locke Quotes
Alain LeRoy Locke was an American philosopher, the first African American Rhodes Scholar, and the principal philosopher of the Harlem Renaissance. After graduate studies at Oxford, Berlin, and Harvard, where he wrote a dissertation on the theory of value, he taught for decades at Howard University. The quotes below are attributed to Alain Locke, organized by topic.
Alain Locke on Knowledge
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Attributed to Alain Locke:
“Education is the long, slow process of growth into a fully human being.”
Alain Locke on Mind
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Attributed to Alain Locke:
“The mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.”
Alain Locke on Politics
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Attributed to Alain Locke:
“Cultural pluralism is the condition of any genuine democracy.”
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Attributed to Alain Locke:
“The pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem.”
Alain Locke on Virtue
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Attributed to Alain Locke:
“Self-respect is the deeper source of all profound culture.”
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Attributed to Alain Locke:
“Values are the lenses through which we perceive a world worth caring for.”