I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage โ though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.
Henry Ossawa TannerI was extremely timid and to be made to feel that I was not wanted, although in a place where I had every right to be, even months afterwards caused me sometimes weeks of pain. Every time any one of these disagreeable incidents came into my mind, my heart sank, and I was anew tortured by the thought of what I had endured, almost as much as the incident itself.
Henry Ossawa TannerMany of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, the ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm, big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.
Henry Ossawa TannerMy effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original settingโฆ but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me.
Henry Ossawa Tanner