"May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character."

"A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."

"I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have."

"To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear."

"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year."

"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more."