"The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even a millimeter the way people see reality, then you can change the world."

"The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers."

"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the moment of waking to the moment of sleep."

"People who believe that they are white, and who are not, are a very great danger to us all."

"The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story."