‘An Artist Must Be Free’ — Langston Hughes Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Muscle Tank

“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.” Langston Hughes wrote this in his 1926 manifesto “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” setting the artist’s own nerve above both white expectations and respectability politics. The freedom he meant was the freedom to make people uncomfortable — to choose the hard thing and then dare to actually do it.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).