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Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
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I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
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I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.
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It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture.
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My efforts have been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time give the human touch which makes the whole world kin and which ever remains the same.
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Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.
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