Art Is An Elastic Sort Of Love.

I Was A Devil In Other Countries, And I Was A Little Devil In America, Too.

I Was Learning The Importance Of Names - Having Them, Making Them - But At The Same Time I Sensed The Dangers. Recognition Was Followed By Oblivion, A Yawning Maw Whose Victims Disappeared Without A Trace.

...it Looked Very Different From The Statue Of Liberty, But What Did That Matter? What Was The Good Of Having The Statue Without The Liberty, The Freedom To Go Where One Chose If One Was Held Back By One's Color? No, I Preferred The Eiffel Tower, Which Made No Promises." ~ Josephine Baker, Once She Had Seen The Eiffel Tower

I Believe If The White And Colored People Could Get Together And Be Let Alone, They Would Understand Each Other And Consequently Love Each Other.

I Ran Away From St. Louis, And Then I Ran Away From The United States, Because Of That Terror Of Discrimination.