23 Quotes by Ossie Davis

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.

... Harlem was home; was where we belonged; where we knew and were known in return; where we felt most alive; where, if need be, somebody had to take us in. Harlem defined us, claiming our consciousness and, I suspect, our unconsciousness. (Page 64)

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change it can not only move us, it makes us move.

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

He was like one of those messenger boys for God ... doing what he could, where he could and hoping that he got it right.

I wish we had been more organized and determined with respect to carving out the time that we needed to write,

We ultimately decided that that what we had chosen as a possibility didn't really work for us.