On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
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Nationality: English Type: Mathematician Born: December 26, 1792 Death: October 18, 1871 |
I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.
Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.