“I have to believe that when I finish a project, that I will not only grow as an artist, but as a person.” Quote by Jerry Pinkney
“I like to bring a certain sense of humanity and detail to my work, and watercolor allows me to do that. I have fascination and wonder about the line and transparent quality or properties in watercolor. I use watercolor to give voice to what I would like to talk about.” GivingUseCertainHumanityVoiceLinesQualityWonderPropertyDetailsFascinationTransparentWatercolors Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I've tried to use the recognition as validation that I'm doing the kind of work that people are interested in and to feel that my work is a contribution.” PeopleFeelsKindUseRecognitionContributionValidation Author:Jerry Pinkney
“If you do the best work you can, the reward is ultimately your self-satisfaction - the sense that you have done the best you can. And then there's that piece of how others respond.” IfsSelfDonePiecesRewardsSatisfactionDo The BestBest WorkSelf-satisfaction Author:Jerry Pinkney
“There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a lot to do with the mergers and buyouts and the corporations being more in control of the purse strings. We find that the projects have to come with higher expectations rather than books that just should be published. That's disturbing because we might find fewer and fewer children's books by African Americans or with black cultural themes.” ShouldChildrenBookMightCultureSpeakBlackStruggleMaterialsHigherProjectsExpectationsAfrican AmericanNarrativeCorporationsThemeStringsFewerDisturbingPursesChildren's BooksMergersBlack Culture Author:Jerry Pinkney
“African American writers and artists, by the very nature of what they do, will actually enhance or bring together people in a way that might be very, very healthy.” PeopleWayMightTogetherArtistHealthyAfrican AmericanAmerican Writer Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I like to talk about my challenges as they relate to all of us, and I try to leave them with a sense of what it feels like to succeed at something and to arrive at a goal. I talk a lot about finding that thing that you feel is important to you, that's your calling, and about the reward you will get from staying with it, no matter what the challenges are.” FeelsTryingImportantMatterGoalChallengesCallingSucceedFindingsNo Matter WhatRewardsRelateStaying Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I know a great country that needs to be rebuilt in terms of roads, bridges, schools. That is called the United States of America.” KnowsNeedsCountryStatesSchoolAmericaTermUnitedUnited StatesBridgesUnited States Of AmericaGreat Country Author:Bernie Sanders
“What democratic socialism is about is saying that it is immoral and wrong that the top one-tenth of 1 percent in this country own almost 90 percent - almost - own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. That it is wrong, today, in a rigged economy, that 57 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent. That when you look around the world, you see every other major country providing health care to all people as a right, except the United States.” PeopleWorldLooksCountryStatesCareTodayWealthUnitedUnited StatesEconomyMajorsPercentDemocraticBottomIncomeSocialismAround The WorldHealth CareProvidingImmoralRiggedDemocratic Socialism Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.” PeopleThinkingShouldLooksCountryAccomplishedSwedenDenmarkNorway Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think everybody is in agreement that America is a great entrepreneurial nation. We have got to encourage that. Of course, we have to support small and medium-sized businesses. But you can have all of the growth that you want and it doesn't mean anything if all of the new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent.” IfsThinkingWantMeanAmericaCoursesNationsGrowthWealthSupportPercentIncomeMediumsAgreementEntrepreneurial Author:Bernie Sanders