The space between the dish and the pitcher, that I paint also.
It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. . . All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there. . . I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple is a far nobler property than the finest intellect. Satan has a fine intellect, but not the image of God.
Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other.
My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.
When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.