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.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.

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 love performing. I shall perform until the day I die.

Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?