Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.

I will preach with my brush.

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture.

I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.

When I create an image that helps someone - even just myself - find peace, then I've attained my goal.

I have money, but my most important capital is the trust of the people.

Gideon Lightwood said he was at the Institute in Madrid. What on earth was he doing there?' 'Faffing about, most likely', said Will.

The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.

The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.

Just tell me one boy, just one who at seven didn't aspire to be a hero or a fireman.

Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all. Do it for peace.