"The making of a picture involves two processes: a taking in of the impression and giving out of it by the visible exp…"

"The use of color in my paintings is of paramount importance to me. Through color I have sought to concentrate on beau…"

"Color is life, or a world without color appears to us as dead. Colors are the children of light, and light is their m…"

"In my opinion Black art is a misnomer. There are black artists and they, like all others, draw from they experiences …"

"All the thought which in the course of my studies I have been able to give to the subject has led me to conclude that…"

"the farmer takes Jill down the well & all the king's horses & all the king's men can't put that baby together again c…"

"death is where jimi hendrix is, where our revolution ended up."

"There has always been something wrong wif the tesses. The tesses paint a picture of me wif no brain. The tesses paint…"

""I'm tired," I says. She says, "I know you are, but you can't stop now Precious, you gotta push." And I do."

"this country might have been a pio neer land once. but. there ain't no mo indians blowing custer's mind with a differ…"