In America, black is a country.

The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you

The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject.

My responsibility is to truth and beauty.

I'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.

There is no depth to education without art.

Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.

All thinking people oppose terrorism both domestic & international but one should not be used to cover the other

When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone.

Can you admit on here that you have an affliction for millions of other people to see? Then that is great and a huge step towards your recovery.

We have inexhaustible resources to achieve the goal.

JACKSON: When I give my word I mean that sh*t and I have no respect for anyone who breaks their word so easily.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

What I want to do is make sure middle class kids, not Donald Trump's kids, get to be able to afford college.

I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.

Never have I experienced a serenity and sweetness of disposition as with my Chocolate Lab.

Seek above all for a game worth playing- such is the advice of the oracle to modern man.

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.