“We were the brothers 'holding it down' on the business side of the magazine, but it would have to be the 'sisters,' black women, who let it fly on the editorial side.” — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“The first issue of Essence featured a cover showing a beautiful, sensually full-featured black woman crowned by a glistening Afro emerging from shadow into… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I always said I wanted Essence to be like Time Warner, the publishing empire that had movies, books, and television, as well as magazines… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I have always been very clear that I sold Essence to Time Warner with the expectation that the magazine would continue to exercise its… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“On the sale of Essence Communications Inc: "What I would first learn is something that Suzanne de Passe, the legendary Hollywood producer who headed… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I continue to live by many of the rules I learned running a business for nearly forty years, advice dispensed by my mother, Jewell… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“I learned an enormous lesson about the value of relationships in doing business. In business interactions it is not just who you know, but… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“We were the brothers 'holding it down' on the business side of the magazine, but it would have to be the 'sisters,' black women,… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
“The Essence Woman is a striver, who in 1970 was now educated, worked in new careers, had discretionary income, had the ability to influence,… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
