Zora Neale Hurston Quotes


Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.


Citations

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. J.B. Lippincott, 1942, p. 174.

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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
  • Born: January 7, 1891
  • Died: January 28, 1960
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Folklorist, Anthropologist, Ethnographer, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Filmmaker

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays.