Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
I found a special eagerness among the younger, and I am sorry to say, the more intelligent Negroes, to dismiss the spiritual as something… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice. — Paul Robeson Copy Share
To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on external… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
Vast quantities of U.S. bombers, tanks and guns have been sent against Ho Chi Minh and his freedom-fighters; and now we are told that… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they… — Paul Robeson Copy Share
