Black Quotes

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It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a… — John Speed
Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper. — Gunter Grass
Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film. — Lisa Nicole Carson
Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks… — Che Guevara
You can't be what you don't see. I didn't think about being a doctor. I didn't even think about being a clerk in a store,… — Joycelyn Elders
Barack Obama will appeal to both black and white voters in America. White voters who'll think he's Tiger Woods. — Frankie Boyle
Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more. — Giorgio Moroder
It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour. — Winslow Homer
In Sacramento, my brown was not halfway between black and white. On the leafy streets, on the east side of town, where my family lived,… — Richard Rodriguez
The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing, have seen their… — Che Guevara
The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto—not just as regards students but also professors Today the people stand at the door of… — Che Guevara
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians dare… — Cheikh Anta Diop
Everything which we loved is lost. We are in a desert .... Before us is nothing but a black square on a white background! — Kazimir Malevich
No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat. — Deng Xiaoping
I apologize for the fact that the word ‘anti-Mexican’ is being said to a black guy in America. — Katt Williams
When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum- a band- all around the galleryseeing this huge space in… — Nancy Spero
The Internet is not a place. It’s a great void, a black hole, from which you can call up an incredible amount of disorganized information. — Eleanor Antin
I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the… — John Keegan
Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience. — August Wilson
What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a global citizen. Your history dictates your duty. And… — August Wilson
A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an… — Abraham Verghese
I have made some enemies. My enemies in the southern states consisted of those who oppressed the black slave. My enemies in the north are… — Albert Parsons
The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some… — Stuart Pearce
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble. — Charley Pride
I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos. — Sun Ra

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