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Black Quotes

Black holes, bias, and belonging, all in one word.

This collection ranges from cosmic curiosity about black holes and possibility to a pointed observation about racial conditioning and who gets blamed for problems. For quotes on subtler, quieter qualities, see Mystery quotes.

I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in black American music. I love it.

Quotes by Glenn Hughes

Literature has been a treacherous site for black Americans because literary production has been so tied with the project of proving our humanity through the act of writing.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

There is an imagined thing called black culture. But culture is a construction. It is learned behavior, not innate. The black American experience is the American experience.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

I was in the 1993 Whitney Biennial and the 1994 'Black Male' show at the Whitney, and I've never seen such vicious press. Twenty plus years later, critics who hated that Biennial have come to Jesus and decided it was...

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

The Carrie Mae Weems photograph 'Blue Black Boy,' I thought, was fantastic.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

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

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

Black and white is so familiar. It's how we see the printed word in books, so it's kind of neutral in a way. Yet it's ironic that black and white is so charged socially, what with its association with race.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

The idea that RBI will be able to make a big transfer to the government was misplaced. It was a very good signalling device that the government was very serious about cracking down on corruption and black money. But I...

Quotes by Gita Gopinath

Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.

Quotes by Giorgio Moroder

'Black film,' that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, 'We've made our black film. We've made our film with people of color in it,' as opposed to, 'I just feel like people of color should be...

Quotes by Gina Prince-Bythewood

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that didn't exist - but I knew black doctors. And I knew black lawyers. And I knew...

Quotes by Gina Prince-Bythewood

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.

Quotes by Ginger Rogers

What I think is a really special movie is 'Black and White' with Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, which Mike Binder directed. I got to see a screening of it, and I think Kevin and Octavia and Anthony Mackie and...

Quotes by Gillian Jacobs

White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily,...

Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

Quotes by Gil Scott-Heron

I don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'

Quotes by Gilbert Arenas

The Italians are very unmusical. If I go to a Protestant church in London or Amsterdam or listen to a black choir, I hear four-part harmony. Italians could never do that. In Italy, we all have to sing the melody...

Quotes by Gian Carlo Menotti

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.

Quotes by Giancarlo Esposito

'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.

Quotes by Gerard Way

I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school, and the band that we didn't have to represent us - the kids that wore black - back...

Quotes by Gerard Way

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection say about racial conditioning in society?
One quote makes a direct, honest observation: "We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit." It's presented as the speaker's own candid reflection. For more on emotional and social topics, see our Emotion page.
Is there a quote about mixed heritage and identity?
Yes - one quote speaks personally about growing up between two communities: "My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities." It's a genuine, personal reflection on identity.
Does the collection include anything about space or physics?
One quote shares a fascination with science fiction, mentioning "Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility." For more on curious, mysterious topics, see our Mystery collection.
Is there a quote about music side-projects?
Yes - one quote mentions a side project called Black Light Burns, describing it as "still a labor of love" alongside a main band commitment. For quotes with more depth, see our Depth page.
What's the range of topics under "black" in this collection?
It spans quite a bit - from personal identity and social observation to science fiction and music, showing how differently the same word can be used. Explore more in our Elegance collection.

One entry describes growing up between a black father and a white mother, navigating two communities at once. Readers can also browse Emotion quotes for related identity themes, or Depth quotes for a more introspective tone.