A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.

There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you

The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject.

My responsibility is to truth and beauty.

In America, black is a country.

I'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.

There is no depth to education without art.

Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.

All thinking people oppose terrorism both domestic & international but one should not be used to cover the other

When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone.

Never doubt in the DARK what God told you in the LIGHT.

Leave it to her to want to pet a monster.

-I'm stubborn not stupid. There's a fine line between the two. Stupid people think they're right when they're wrong. Stubborn people know they're wrong but won't admit it.

I wish to be with you forever, to look upon your face always, to never leave your side.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

The comprehensibility of the world seems to me a wonder or eternal secret. Here lies the sense of wonder which increases even more with the development of our knowledge.

You know, women are burdened with all this other crap all the time, like looking good. You need to be really superhuman to be successful as a woman.

The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical.

When you're reading the Word of God, you need to let it soak in and let God speak to your heart and let the Holy Spirit work.

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.