I think I got from my father and my mother a sense of morality, of the do's and don't's in society; the notion that good people don't do this; good p…

- David C. Driskell

It was my notion that teaching had to be thorough, it had to be well done, and it had to connect to something beyond the classroom; life.

- David C. Driskell

I grew up with a sense of tolerance. I don't know that there was any talk about gender differences. It was respect for people. So when I became a pro…

- David C. Driskell

When I became a professional and fully understood what was going on, I knew that with all the love and care and mentorship that someone like Professo…

- David C. Driskell

My students used to say, one such as Mary O'Neal, that I identified the students by their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. That was the way I knew …

- David C. Driskell

In 1951 I took my first art course. And one day I looked over my shoulder and there was this tall gentleman standing, very well-dressed and groomed, …

- David C. Driskell

My sister was like my surrogate mother here, in Washington, with very much of the same persuasions as my mother. Even when friends came from home tha…

- David C. Driskell

James Porter said to me once, when I was talking about painting, he said, well, that's fine, he said, but you have a good mind so you can't just be a…

- David C. Driskell

Mary O'Neal used to say that I was teaching her course in disguise, as she said "in cultural disguise." What she meant was that this really was a ver…

- David C. Driskell