"The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains." — Josephine Baker, American-French entertainer, born 1906
"To realize our dreams we must decide to wake up." — Josephine Baker, American-French entertainer, born 1906
"I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad." — Josephine Baker, American-French entertainer, born 1906
"He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something." — Josephine Baker, American-French entertainer, born 1906
"Chagall is my favorite pupil, and what I like about him is that after listening attentively to my lessons he takes his paints and brushes and does something absolutely different from what I have told him" — Leon Bakst, Russian costume designer, born 1866
"I don't have a past. I have a continuous present." — George Balanchine, American choreographer, born 1904
"Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot." — George Balanchine, American choreographer, born 1904
"Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now." — George Balanchine, Russian-American choreographer, born 1904
"First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers." — George Balanchin, Russian-American choreographer, born 1904
"I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do." — James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, born 1924
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." — James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, born 1924
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." — James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, born 1924
"Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being." — James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, born 1924