You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“It was the artist’s duty to find the appropriate objects, and the audience’s job to decipher meaning. If the piece failed to… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The artist's duty to himself is a combination of immense responsibility and immense irresponsibility. I think those two interlock. — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not… — Bono Copy Share Image
“A writer is lost when he grows interested in such questions as 'what is art?' and 'what is an artist's duty?” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw. — J. E. H. MacDonald Copy Share Image
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
There is a Nina Simone quote, 'It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.' This quote is everything to me and… — Raye Copy Share Image
It's the artist's duty to have an artist's life, somehow to obtain time and freedom and then to muster the desire and… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
