"An artist must be free to choose..." - Quote by Langston Hughes

“7 x 7 plus love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.”

“The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.”

“One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.”

“All children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?”

“A photograph offers us a glimpse into the abyss of time.”

“With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.”

“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.”

“Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.”

“Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and has always held other slaves in bondage under him in one way or another. In our day, he is always some man's slave for wages, and does that man's work; and this slave has other slaves under him for minor wages, and they do his work. The higher animals are the only ones who exclusively do their own work and provide their own living.”