My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned my grandfather for doing that, and his punishment to his father was when my grandfather came to visit him from Georgia, he would not allow my grandfather to preach in his church.Even though my classmates very often drank… — David C. Driskell Copy Share
We were told, no, you don't do. There was this high standard of morals and a sense of responsibility. That didn't mean that everybody… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
I established relationships with so many of those Iran students that went on for years.And they were so different from American students. They seemed… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
That emphasis, from my parents, was always, "if you want something different from this" - they didn't say "better than this," because I'm not… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
Mary O'Neal used to say that I was teaching her course in disguise, as she said "in cultural disguise." What she meant was that… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
I always said, you have to have a goal and an objective in life. — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
Personally, I think that my father's ministry does have some effect on one. I perhaps thought I wasn't listening that well, but I could… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
My students used to say, one such as Mary O'Neal, that I identified the students by their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. That was the way I… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
James Porter said to me once, when I was talking about painting, he said, well, that's fine, he said, but you have a good… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
There was a young man in our community who said he wanted to be a minister, and my father was trying to mentor him… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
When I became a professional and fully understood what was going on, I knew that with all the love and care and mentorship that… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
There was no real gender definition in the sense of how you treat people in those days with gender differences. You avoided them. My… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
