Art Quotes by Russell Simmons

The artists are now big brands.

— Russell Simmons

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

— Russell Simmons

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.

— Russell Simmons

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

— Russell Simmons

Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.

— Russell Simmons

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

— Russell Simmons

Donald Trump's not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression…

— Russell Simmons

I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this…

— Russell Simmons

I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I…

— Russell Simmons

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture,…

— Russell Simmons

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone -…

— Russell Simmons

Most artists are making as much money now as they could have made... in the heyday of Def Jam [when the] Beastie…

— Russell Simmons

Nowadays, if you're a great artist, you don't have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You're closer to…

— Russell Simmons

There is a subject - there is a research that says a man thinks about sex every 12 seconds. And so when…

— Russell Simmons

I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so…

— Russell Simmons