As a child, our house had a backyard lined with roses tended vigilantly by my mother. So the fragrance fills me with nostalgia for my youth.

I'm constantly making exhibitions in my head.

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

I can't live with art: I'd spend too much time tweaking it.

I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

An action made by an unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common thought or interpretation.

One sure way I can avoid facing myself is by refusing to look into the face of God.

It is said that a rogue does not look you in the face, neither does an honest man look at you as if he had his reputation to establish.

Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease.

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

Speak Peace sums up decades of healing and peacework. It would be hard to list all the kinds of people who can benefit from reading this book, because it's really any and all of us.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul.

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.