My pictures express my life and experience. I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced. The things I have experienced extend to my national, racial and class group. So I paint the American scene.


Philosophy of Art. Statement solicited by the Whitney Museum (May 30, 1951)

Jacob Lawrence Quotes

My pictures express my life and experience. I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced. The things I have experienced extend...

My pictures express my life and experience. I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced. The things I have experienced extend...

My pictures express my life and experience. I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced. The things I have experienced extend...

My pictures express my life and experience. I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced. The things I have experienced extend...