Art Quote by Clint Smith

Without going outside his race, and even among the better classes with their 'white' culture and conscious American manners, but still Negro enough to…

— Langston Hughes

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

— Sonia Sanchez

I just always feel that any black art should address our perpetual struggle for progress and freedom, period. There's no way around it. The…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline of old…

— Munira Mirza

The sad reality of it is, as black artists in the industry, we still have to work 10 times harder to get our voices…

— Ashton Sanders

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

If black artists can win major commissions and international acclaim, why do we assume that to be black is always to be marginal, or…

— Munira Mirza

I'm just hoping that, as more black artists take control of the narratives that are out there, more opportunities will come around for artists…

— KiKi Layne

There is this feeling among black artists that you have to be really careful. We're not inclined to talk about this stuff because, if…

— Kelela

What's demanded from us black creatives is both a blessing and a curse, because it pushes you to be your absolute best. You cannot…

— Tomi Adeyemi

African American writers and artists, by the very nature of what they do, will actually enhance or bring together people in a way that…

— Jerry Pinkney

What's interesting about young black American artists within the twentieth century, and increasingly within the twenty-first as well, is that there's this expectation of…

— Kehinde Wiley