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Henry Ossawa Tanner

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

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Donna Grant

"Everybody really wanna be the best. I just wanna be a bit better than them."

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Donna Grant

"I charge thee, fling away ambition. By that sin fell the angels."

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Donna Grant

"It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun."

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Donna Grant

"Great dreams do not come to pass greatly at a twinkle of an eye, but you may see them happening at a twinkle of an eye. The best dream which survive greatly in reality takes great roots first before it grows in reality to bear great fruits. Delay is not death! Carefully and patiently nurture your dreams and make them happen distinctively in reality."

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Donna Grant

"To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations."

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Donna Grant

"A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best."

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Donna Grant

"Any dream that I am absolutely confident I can achieve should immediately be discarded for the simple reason that it is simply too small."

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Donna Grant

"Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction."

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Donna Grant

"Increase must become your natural desire."

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Donna Grant

"The sky's dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest's comfort."

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

Ambition

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"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."

Life

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me."

Time

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior."

Life

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"I will preach with my brush."

Will

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"The physical characteristics of the child Jesus will always remain a point of discussion. No artist has ever produced a type, nor ever will, that has in it all that the varying minds of all time will acknowledge as complete."

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

Chance

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"My efforts have been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time give the human touch which makes the whole world kin and which ever remains the same."

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
"Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise."

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