You lose a lot of time, hating people.
If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.
You can't build a chimney from the top, you know.
There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move - and he, in turn, waits for you.
I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.
I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that I must return. I was - and am - an American.