The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.

Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he has learned with his own experiences, finally molds something distinctly personnel.

Sometimes the mind relives things very clearly for us...There are roads out of secret places within us along which we all must move as we go to touch others.

Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.

The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child.

Art is the soul of a people.