The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.

I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love and respect humanity.

You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.

Art is an elastic sort of love.

We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler?

I have two loves: my country and Paris.