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Jacob Lawrence Quotes

1917–2000 United States

Jacob Armstead Lawrence (September 7, 1917–June 9, 2000) was an African-American painter.

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When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.

‘The migrants kept coming’ is a refrain of triumph over adversity. If it rings true for you today, then it must still strike a chord in our American experience.

When you teach, it stimulates you; you're forced to crystallize your own thinking...you're forced to formalize your own theories so that you may communicate them to the students... you go back to your studio and think about this again.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jacob Lawrence (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.