It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.
Source: Black Skin, White Masks, 1967.
-- Aime Cesaire, (Jun 25 1913-2008), Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist; He co-founded, with Leopold Senghor, Negritude, an influential movement to restore the cultural identity of black Africans.