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"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."
"That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way."
Will,
"Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice."
"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
Will,
"He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."
Explore more quotes by 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."
"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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