Jacob Lawrence Artist Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy reading and share 4 famous quotes about Jacob Lawrence Artist with everyone.
Top Jacob Lawrence Artist Quotes
You bring to a painting your own experience. — Jacob Lawrence
My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life - if he has developed this philosophy, he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas. — Jacob Lawrence
I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools ... I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro. I didn't [paint] just as a historical thing, but because I believe these things tie up with the Negro today. We don't have a physical slavery, but an economic slavery. If these people, who were so much worse off than the people today, could conquer their slavery, we can certainly do the same thing ... I am not a politician. I'm an artist, just trying to do my part to bring this thing about ... — Jacob Lawrence
All artists are constantly looking for something and they don't always know what. — Jacob Lawrence