"He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something." — Josephine Baker, American-French entertainer, born 1906
"Chagall is my favorite pupil, and what I like about him is that after listening attentively to my lessons he takes his paints and brushes and does something absolutely different from what I have told him" — Leon Bakst, Russian costume designer, born 1866
"I don't have a past. I have a continuous present." — George Balanchine, American choreographer, born 1904
"Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot." — George Balanchine, American choreographer, born 1904
"Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now." — George Balanchine, Russian-American choreographer, born 1904
"First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers." — George Balanchin, Russian-American choreographer, born 1904
"I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?" — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924
"Not Everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." — James Baldwin, American novelist, born 1924