If you look at the lives of artists, sitting in nature…

I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just…

— Kristen Wiig

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

— Marina Abramovic

Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have…

— Michael Franti

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do…

— Ezra Furman

A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.

— Tom Morello

Government money in the arts, I fear, can only deflect artists from their responsibility to find an authentic market for their products.

— John Updike

When you are new and working with senior artists, it is their responsibility to make you comfortable.

— Asin

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support…

— Vivek Shraya

If you truly believe that artists have a responsibility to uphold their liberal virtues by using their massive platforms, then those artists should be…

— Matty Healy

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we…

— Alice Walker

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

— Ezra Furman

“Artists are the architects of our future. The messages they deliver through music, film and television are what guides popular culture. If we want…

— TAMMY (McCrary

The idea that musicians/artists have a responsibility to be community leaders or "role models" is problematic to me because I really believe that some…

— Kathleen Hanna

Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.

— Dalai Lama

As the art world changes, artists have more and more responsibility. You don't have a lot of luxury to be super secluded.

— Frances Stark