In truth, how much time do any of us really have?.

My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people.….

A bone heals, a bruise fades, but art is forever.

I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words..

I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time..

You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete..

Express only that which cannot be expressed. Leave it unexpressed).

I normally wear Stuart Weitzman or Kors Michael Kors..

You're not going to learn how to do it until you do it..

Time doesn't go. Time stays. We go..

Art is life seen through man's inner craving for perfection and beauty-- his escape from the sordid realities of life into a world of his imagining.….

If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art..

But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America..

You can't see the picture when you're in the frame..

Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him; to invest a part of his earnings; to spend wis….

You can tell when you're in a hit..

The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed..

Everyone has a right to rest so as not to injure themselves..

The world is wide; no two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of the world; and….

It seems to me that the desire to make art produces an ongoing experience of longing, a restlessness sometimes, but not inevitably, played out romant….

I began filmmaking in high school, at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. My first documentary was about a dysfunctional obese middle-aged carpet clean….