James Porter said to me once, when I was talking about painting, he said, well, that's fine, he … - David C. Driskell

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I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. . . I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

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 mind so you can't just be a painter; you're going to have to help define the field and keep the tradition going. And he meant walking in his footsteps in a certain way.

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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 sure that they knew anything better, "then get an education. "

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My students used to say, one such as Mary O'Neal, that I identified the students by their boyfriend
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It was my notion that teaching had to be thorough, it had to be well done, and it had to connect to something beyond the classroom; life.

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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 Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.

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I remember an experience once of a young man in our home who was gay. We just assumed it, based on his outward appearance. Gay people had a hard time in those days, in fifties since the police would create situations to lock them up.

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