Thinker · 1928–2014
Maya Angelou
Sang, danced, taught, suffered, wrote. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings turned a private childhood into a public song.
Contributions
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Inaugural poem 'On the Pulse of Morning'
Words that traveled
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
— Maya Angelou
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
— Maya Angelou