The civil rights situation is like a pregnancy. It will get worse, I believe, before it gets better. What the usual pregnancy comes to is a decent baby. That is what we all hope will be the end product of this stress. It is customary, at the end of a pregnancy, to have for your pains a decent baby.

Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

Each body has its art.

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.

I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.