“The word “art” is something the West has never understood. Art is supposed to be a part of a community. Like, scholars are supposed to be a part of a community... Art is to decorate people’s houses, their skin, their clothes, to make them expand their minds, and it’s supposed to be right in the community, where they can have it when they want it... It’s supposed to be as essential as a grocery store... that’s the only way art can function naturally.” PeopleWayWantMindArtHouseCommunityEssentialsClothesUnderstoodArt IsSkinsFunctionWestStoresSupposed To BeScholarGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Amiri Baraka
“Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.” ArtImportantForceProcessUnderstandingExistenceLearningArt IsAging Author:Amiri Baraka
“Art is a weapon in the struggle of ideas, the class struggle.” ArtIdeasClassStruggleWeaponsArt IsClass Struggle Author:Amiri Baraka
