Eb White Quotes
Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?
A Negro has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to suppress him.
The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action
Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.
When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.
A number of people still think of the United States as being overwhelmingly English, Protestant, and white. This erroneous idea influences their whole outlook.
America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.
no matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white.
The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean?
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful white male
I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white.
I think love keeps on changing every day. It’s not black and white and it’s definitely more than 50 shades of grey.
Anyone who has spent five seconds in my company, or two seconds in my bedroom knows that I am not a white supremacist.
Now, I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because police officers call me 'sir'.
When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.
O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.
so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens.
If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
I am a simple man and I use simple materials: Ivory Black, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, Flake White and no medium. That’s all I’ve ever used in my paintings.
I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don't believe that anymore.
When a black person has no electricity, no water, they call it the ghetto. When white people have no electricity and no water, they call it camping.
The symbol of all art is the Prism. The goal is unrealism. The method is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism, into the secret glories which it contains.
The only time the white man is brotherly toward you is when he can use you, when he can exploit you, when he will oppress you, when you will submit to him.
Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.
