Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.

I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.

I was going to do something for the black man of South if it would cost my life.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.