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"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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"Everybody really wanna be the best. I just wanna be a bit better than them."
"I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this time; the thoughts of everybody; how do I deal with that obstacle? how do I get there? ; troubling questions for everybody! Releasing ourselves, plugging into the purpose, challenging the challenges, questioning the unquestionable, taking the chances; the asset and audacity of somebody. Everybody has a dream but, it is somebody who gets to the dream."
"The ordinary build houses when they have bricks, the extraordinary build mansions when they have pebbles."
"The life you wish you had will come by working like you never have."
"It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun."
"Be a dreamer. Be a doer. Be a perseverer. Be a winner."
"It is never late, pursuit your ambitions."
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture."
"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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