Art Quote by Kelela

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

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

— Clint Smith

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

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

— Barry White

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

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people.…

— Mos Def

As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two of us,…

— David Banner

Right now, black female artists are the most interesting people to think about. People are ready to hear whatever we're gonna say, and I'm…

— Tink

I think it's always been especially hard for black people to let go of musicians who do heinous things because music is such an…

— Amanda Seales

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I…

— Spike Lee

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

— Sonia Sanchez