Black Quotes - Page 52

I make black and white prints because I want to go back to the beginning.

In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet and photograph them in the most honest way I know, with my point of view, and of course it is in black and white, because it is the only thing I know how to do.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

When you say black lives matter, that's inherently racist.

Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today.

I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate.

Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be honest with myself; Id be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.

I like contrasting between black and white and color.

America has never had a very wide vocabulary for miscegenation. We say we like diversity, but we don't like the idea that our Hispanic neighbor is going to marry our daughter. America has nothing like the Spanish vocabulary for miscegenation. Mulatto, mestizo, Creole - these Spanish and French terms suggest, by their use, that miscegenation is a fact of life. America has only black and white. In eighteenth-century America, if you had any drop of African blood in you, you were black.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I'll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly colored bag.

Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.

I like my coffee like I like my women - Black and Strong.

From time to time, you may see a girl wearing her black opaque tights as pants. They are, in fact, not.

I love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine.

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.

You know, there's black holes and what - could there be wormholes? Could - might there be a multi-verse? These are all fascinating frontiers. What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy? And what was around before the universe? And do we have access to higher dimensions?

I wanted to play roles which offered new ways of viewing black women and black people in general- and I have done that. And I have always, whether I needed to pay the rent or not, I've always turned down roles which I thought were stereotypical. And so when I look at my body of work in that respect, I am really happy. Because I feel my work does say something positive and that was what I always set out to do.

Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first Vogue cover. It was French Vogue - I think in ’87 or ’88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, "Oh, no. We’ve never had that before."

Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.

I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue

After I broke the Australian record in 2014, Audi Centre in Canberra gave me a beautiful black A1 with the number plates AI 1111, because the record I broke was 11.11 in the 100.

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me.