“Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white to highlight that contrast.”

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.

The miracle is this – the more you give, the more you have.

The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.

That’s true, because I’m a photographer now.

That’s the most difficult issue for me – to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I’m prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject.

You create your own life and your work. Give us your best.

We are all children searching for love.

Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.

A stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.

Art functioning as propaganda is not art.

Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it.

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

In general, we are sort of conditioned to see a different body type as acceptable and maybe look away when the other body type arrives.

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

I’ve been working with photography for many years.

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Don’t judge people when your view is only partial.

I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.

All are one.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.

Loneliness is a black hole, a darkness, a frightening negative state almost like death.

No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.

If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.