Power & Society Sayings

I adore art, but I adore it on its own account, and not for the sake of profit.

Work! One only lives by working.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Gold is a symbol of divinity and eternity.

I'm not trying to make political art. I'm trying to make art that's about life.

I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. I play rock and roll.

I'm not a politician. I'm an entertainer. I'm a musician. I'm a showman.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

No man can become rich without enriching others.

You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.

My mind is always working.

I'm a Muslim and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm a black man in America. I want justice and equality. I want what's rightfully mine.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Hitler didn't snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

If I die, or if you desert me, in six months you will lose your son and your throne.

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

The religious bigotry of public opinion is the one obstacle to woman's equality.