Art Quote by Jean-Michel Basquiat

I am not an artist.

— Maurizio Cattelan

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

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

Black artists deserve the opportunity to create work without the burden of alleviating the social ills plaguing many black communities.

— Clint Smith

I am not an artist. I am not a painter.

— Gulzar

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

I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment of my…

— Frantz Fanon

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

— Laura Nyro

I would never dare say that I'm an artist.

— France Gall

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 am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither poet, composer, or musician.…

— Gil Scott-Heron

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