7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.

Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.

A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.

We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too. The tom-tom cries and the tom-tom laughs. If colored people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter either. We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.

One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.

Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.