Quotes from 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.

Any form of art is a form of power.

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

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

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

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

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)

We meet from time to talk and argue…about what we as artists can do, how we can express the anguish for the moral situation we find in this country, but not as civil rights pleaders.

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