Art Quote by August Wilson

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your black presence.

— Toyin Odutola

I used to always say - and I think a lot of artists think of it this way - that when you see a…

— Kerry James Marshall

If you see black people being portrayed in this one way well then, when you see a black person in real life, you're going…

— KiKi Layne

What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a global citizen. Your history dictates your duty.…

— August Wilson

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

History has proven that art depicting black people cannot be disentangled from the political implications that such art has on their lives. As Africans…

— Clint Smith

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

— Algee Smith

All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter. And that…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

— Russell Simmons

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

— Sonia Sanchez

A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position as being…

— Ishmael Reed

Everybody else is out being themselves at work, so I don't understand why black people have to change the way they talk in order…

— Deon Cole