Beauford Delaney "The first living proof, for me, that a black man could be an artist. In a warmer time, a less blasphemous place, he would have been recognized as my Master and I as his Pupil. He became, for me, an example of courage and integrity, humility and passion. An absolute integrity: I saw him shaken many times and I lived to see him broken but I never saw him bow. Perhaps I should not say, flatly, what I believe – that he is a great painter – among the very greatest; but I do know that great art can only be created out of love, and that no greater lover has ever held a brush." -- James Baldwin, 1985 (http://www.ealymaysartworks.com/component/k2/itemlist/tag/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121:beauford-delaney&catid=85:history-of-african-american-art&Itemid=540)