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It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
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I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.
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Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
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There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.
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I'm a painter. I'm still a painter and I will die a painter. Everything that I have developed has to do with extending visual principles off the canvas.
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I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
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I paint with my back to the world
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But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.
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I don't paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank God, art doesn't bother about things like that.
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There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.
