Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Ossie Daviswas an American film, television and Broadway actor, director, poet, playwright, author, and civil rights activist...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 December 1917
CityCogdell, GA
art children imagination
If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child.
chosen decided ultimately work
We ultimately decided that that what we had chosen as a possibility didn't really work for us.
carving determined needed organized respect time wish
I wish we had been more organized and determined with respect to carving out the time that we needed to write,
It's not the man, it's the plan. It's not the rap, it's the map.
affect art change form move
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change it can not only move us, it makes us move.
boys god hoping messenger
He was like one of those messenger boys for God ... doing what he could, where he could and hoping that he got it right.
cannot great happy opportunity words
I cannot put into words how happy I was to have had the opportunity to be around him as much as I was. He had a great sense of humor, and through his humor, one could find his wisdom.
happier imagine pay receive spirit tribute
I couldn't think of a better way to pay tribute to him, ... I can't imagine his spirit being any happier than to receive this kind of honor.
college get-back
College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
occupation busy lifetime
It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not
art form art-is
Any form of art is a form of power.
brother farewell forever
Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain - and we will smile. ...We will answer and say unto them, ‘Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever really listen to him? ...For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honor him.'
struggle appreciate important
One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.
freedom journey liberty
It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance.