But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven.

It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues.

You don't need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!

White people will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved this - which will not be tomorrow and may very well be never - the Negro problem will no longer exist, for it will no longer be needed.

If you really want to know something about solitude, become famous.