Jazz, to me, is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America: the eternal tom-tom beating in the Negro soul - the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile.
Copy QuoteFar and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Copy Quote View & ShareLet us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
Copy Quote View & ShareA man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
Copy Quote View & ShareWork is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.
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