I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?

Tell her happiness is just practice, " he said. "If only she acted happy, she would be happy.

The sense of your own experience will grow along with your confidence.

Squats don't hurt your knees; what you are doing hurts your knees.

It took me a very long time to realize that inherently the materials have this beautiful quality without me having to impose meaning onto them.

All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.

Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.

I'll tell you what I like about Chinese people: they're hanging in there with the chop sticks, aren't they? You know they've seen the fork. They're staying with the sticks.

I'm someone who lived in a war for five years. I received bombs on my head every day of my childhood. Did that stop me from living? Did that stop me from laughing?

I am a very optimistic man and only an optimistic man can bring optimism in the country.

Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician.