Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.
Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.
You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.
The most difficult object in painting is yourself because you're always at issue
Art is the soul of a people.
What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and make its own logic.