African american Quote by Kerry James Marshall

Is there such a thing as black art? Or are there just artists who are black?

— Glenn Ligon

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

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

— Clint Smith

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

— Sonia Sanchez

Black art is not some kind of a magic wand: there still has to be a humble heart attached that's listening to it. And…

— Trip Lee

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

Art is a form of experience of the person, the place, the history of the people, and as black people, we are different. We…

— Faith Ringgold

All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary…

— Eugene Delacroix

Often, African-Americans' work is accepted as if we did something artistic by happenstance. It's almost like, 'They make TV shows the same way they…

— Salim Akil

Painting is about the world that we live in. Black men live in the world. My choice is to include them.

— Kehinde Wiley

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