My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page…

When you are an artist you can turn your hand to anything, in any style. Once you have the tools then all the artforms…

— David Bowie

It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art.

— Samuel R. Delany

Your responsibility as an artist is to experiment.

— Squarepusher

Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to…

— Carrie Mae Weems

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

— Talib Kweli

The responsibility of the artist consists in perfecting his work so that it may become attractively disinteresting.

— John Cage

I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And…

— Bill Plympton

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

It's my responsibility as an artist and public figure to put the right frequency out there.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always…

— Twyla Tharp

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

— Ai Weiwei

Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21.…

— John Cassavetes

Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to tell the…

— Charles Hazlewood

My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company…

— Nile Rodgers

I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.

— Tony Todd