--- title: "1 Artist Duty Quotes By Bono" description: "1 Artist Duty quotes by Bono. Plus more from Bono and more Artist Duty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/bono-1908_art_i-think-carrying-moral-baggage-is-very-d_769772.jpg" --- > [I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/i-think-carrying-moral-baggage-is-very-dangerous-for-an-artist-if-you/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/bono-1908_art_i-think-carrying-moral-baggage-is-very-d_769772.jpg) ## More by Bono > [“Honesty, vulnerability and a good amount of courageous faith allows you to cry out in your bewilderment and not lose your belief in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/honesty-vulnerability-and-a-good-amount-of-courageous-faith-allows/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/god-is-in-the-slums-in-the-cardboard-boxes-where-the-poor-play-house/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/there-was-a-moment-when-prince-did-rock-roll-with-a-sponge-y/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/we-thought-that-we-had-the-answers-it-was-the-questions-we-had-wrong/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/it-s-still-very-difficult-for-me-to-rely-your-weakness-the-blessing/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/christians-are-hard-to-tolerate-i-don-t-know-how-jesus-does-it/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/mandela-s-heroism-is-the-heroism-of-a-man-who-suffered-so-badly-for/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/where-you-live-in-the-world-should-not-determine-whether-you-live-in/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/god-s-spirit-moves-through-us-and-the-world-at-a-pace-that-can-never/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/as-a-musician-and-a-songwriter-it-is-an-act-of-the-ego-to-believe/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/you-see-idealism-detached-from-action-is-just-a-dream-but-idealism/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle - and not just in the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/contrary-to-reports-this-boy-is-not-a-billionaire-or-going-to-be/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/it-s-so-sweet-i-feel-like-my-teeth-are-rotting-when-i-listen-to-the/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [I don't like the name, U2, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/i-don-t-like-the-name-u2-actually/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) > [So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/so-you-cannot-as-a-christian-walk-away-from-africa/) [Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist-duty/bono/#itemlist", "name": "1 Artist Duty Quotes By Bono", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. 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