Henry Ossawa Tanner

I will preach with my brush. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

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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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It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

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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. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

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