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> [I was extremely timid and to be made to feel that I was not wanted, although in a place where I had every right to be, even months afterwards caused me sometimes weeks of pain. Every time any one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/i-was-extremely-timid-and-to-be-made-to-feel-that-i-was-not-wanted/)

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## More by Henry Ossawa Tanner

> [My efforts have been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time give the human touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/my-efforts-have-been-to-not-only-put-the-biblical-incident-in-the/)

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> [I was extremely timid and to be made to feel that I was not wanted, although in a place where I had every right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/i-was-extremely-timid-and-to-be-made-to-feel-that-i-was-not-wanted/)

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> [I will preach with my brush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/i-will-preach-with-my-brush/)

[Henry Ossawa Tanner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ossawa-tanner/)

> [Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, the ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/many-of-the-artists-who-have-represented-negro-life-have-seen-only/)

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> [Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/get-it-get-it-better-or-get-it-worse-no-middle-ground-of-compromise/)

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> [It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/it-seemed-to-me-that-this-might-be-a-great-pageant-which-would-give-a/)

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> [I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/i-believe-the-negro-blood-counts-and-counts-to-my-advantage-though-it/)

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> [I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/i-decided-on-the-spot-that-i-would-be-an-artist-and-i-assure-you-it/)

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> [The physical characteristics of the child Jesus will always remain a point of discussion. No artist has ever produced a type, nor ever will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/the-physical-characteristics-of-the-child-jesus-will-always-remain-a/)

[Henry Ossawa Tanner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ossawa-tanner/)

> [My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting… but at the same time give the human touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ossawa-tanner/my-effort-has-been-not-only-to-put-the-biblical-incident-in-the/)

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