Oscar Micheaux Quotes

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

I have always tried ... to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

My long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature.

What I like best is a good story with a moral.

Moving pictures have become one of the greatest revitalizing forces in race adjustment.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

We want to see our lives dramatized on the screen as we are living it, the same as other people, the world over.