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> [Sometimes when I can't communicate that I'm frustrated, I'll just grab my guitar and I can play out that emotion and be able to cope with whatever is going on. So even being able to, like I said, share this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/sometimes-when-i-can-t-communicate-that-i-m-frustrated-i-ll-just-grab/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

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## More by Kerry James Marshall

> [There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/there-s-nothing-more-special-than-intellect-and-labour-that-makes/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [When art works travel from place to place, what you have is the opportunity to engage with the intellect of another person who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/when-art-works-travel-from-place-to-place-what-you-have-is-the/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [I try to make work about things that matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-try-to-make-work-about-things-that-matter/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [I stumbled upon Charles White purely by chance while looking through a book 'Great Negroes, Past and Present' in the library at Forty-Ninth Street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-stumbled-upon-charles-white-purely-by-chance-while-looking-through/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [The lighter the skin, the more acceptable you are. The darker the skin, the more marginalised you become. I want to demonstrate that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-lighter-the-skin-the-more-acceptable-you-are-the-darker-the-skin/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [Artwork operates on two different levels: On one level there's artwork as a mode of expressivity, and then there's the other side, where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/artwork-operates-on-two-different-levels-on-one-level-there-s-artwork/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [One of the things I recognized early on, doing whatever studies of black history I have, is that even though black folks were transported…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/one-of-the-things-i-recognized-early-on-doing-whatever-studies-of/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [If you walk into any magazine store, I guarantee that nine out of 10 covers will feature white, blonde, blue-eyed, slim women because that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-you-walk-into-any-magazine-store-i-guarantee-that-nine-out-of-10/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [For black people who are really dark - and a lot of black people were averse to be dark skinned - it was believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/for-black-people-who-are-really-dark-and-a-lot-of-black-people-were/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [Before people outside of the Western European tradition started asking to be in there, the people who were accumulating objects for the museum were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/before-people-outside-of-the-western-european-tradition-started/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [What I hope 'Mastry' ends up doing is completely undermining or doing away with the notion that artists are a savant: that they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/what-i-hope-mastry-ends-up-doing-is-completely-undermining-or-doing/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [My dream was always to be in museums. It's a big and important milestone and a fulfillment of one of my primary ambitions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/my-dream-was-always-to-be-in-museums-it-s-a-big-and-important/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [ In \[Ralph\] Ellison's case, it's more psychological than it is phenomenal, and it's conditioned by anger, animosity, and lack of desire to engage with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/in-ralph-ellison-s-case-it-s-more-psychological-than-it-is-phenomenal/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [When I started, I was aware of using the black as a rhetorical device. It's understanding that black people come in a wide range…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/when-i-started-i-was-aware-of-using-the-black-as-a-rhetorical-device/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

> [No one has a right to occupy the privileged position all the time, so it should be contested. It should always be messy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/no-one-has-a-right-to-occupy-the-privileged-position-all-the-time-so/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

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