Community Quote by David C. Driskell

I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned my grandfather…

— David C. Driskell

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

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

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

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

I always said, you have to have a goal and an objective in life.

— David C. Driskell

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

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

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

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

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

My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they…

— David C. Driskell