Let us stop saying 'white Americans' and 'colored Americans,' let us try once and for all saying... Americans. Let human beings be equal on Earth as in Heaven.

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

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

I think they must mix blood, otherwise the human race is bound to degenerate. Mixing blood is marvelous. It makes strong and intelligent men. It takes away tired spirits.

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.