I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

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.

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

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

Sex was a pleasurable form of exercise, like dancing.

I have never really been a great artist. I have been a human being that has loved art, which is not the same thing. But I have loved and believed in art and the idea of universal brotherhood so much, that I have put everything I have into them, and I have been blessed.

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