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title: "18 Artist Responsibility Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Artist Responsibility quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Artist Responsibility sayings and thoughts."
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> [“A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-morello/a-musician-s-or-artist-s-responsibility-is-a-simple-one-and-that-is/)

[Tom Morello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-morello/)

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> [To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gartel/to-be-an-artist-is-to-take-responsibility-for-the-world-s-destiny-you/)

[Laurence Gartel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gartel/)

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> [To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/to-some-extent-i-happily-don-t-know-what-i-m-doing-i-feel-that-it-s/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

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> [I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/i-think-an-artist-s-responsibility-is-more-complex-than-people-realize/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

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> [I just try and get the best out of an artist - we all have a responsibility to fill the world with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-squire/i-just-try-and-get-the-best-out-of-an-artist-we-all-have-a/)

[Matt Squire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-squire/)

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> [Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirin-neshat/art-is-no-crime-it-s-every-artist-s-responsibility-to-make-art-that/)

[Shirin Neshat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirin-neshat/)

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> [A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/a-martial-artist-has-to-take-responsibility-for-himself-and-accept/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

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> [At some point as an artist you have to take responsibility for everything you say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naughty-boy/at-some-point-as-an-artist-you-have-to-take-responsibility-for/)

[Naughty Boy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naughty-boy/)

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> [When I was young, it was very exciting to have a thought that we can change the world if we all collaborated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gates-mcfadden/when-i-was-young-it-was-very-exciting-to-have-a-thought-that-we-can/)

[Gates McFadden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gates-mcfadden/)

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> [I think that its an artist's responsibility to have a point of view. Society takes its cue from popular art. People need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-think-that-its-an-artist-s-responsibility-to-have-a-point-of-view/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [An artist's responsibility is a lot. I can't deny and escape from the responsibility. You have to be very guarded about your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiranjeevi/an-artist-s-responsibility-is-a-lot-i-can-t-deny-and-escape-from-the/)

[Chiranjeevi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiranjeevi/)

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> [In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/in-the-interests-of-everyone-the-artist-had-a-responsibility-to-use/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [The artist seeks contact with his intuitive sense of the gods, but in order to create his work, he cannot stay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/the-artist-seeks-contact-with-his-intuitive-sense-of-the-gods-but-in/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [Paul Robeson once said that the artist has the responsibility to either help liberate the community or further oppress it. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/paul-robeson-once-said-that-the-artist-has-the-responsibility-to/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

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> [It is the artist's responsibility to be the oracle, to abstract where you are - that is our responsibility - we're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-gerrard/it-is-the-artist-s-responsibility-to-be-the-oracle-to-abstract-where/)

[Lisa Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-gerrard/)

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> [In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-bunuel/in-any-society-the-artist-has-a-responsibility-his-effectiveness-is/)

[Luis Bunuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-bunuel/)

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> [I feel it's my social responsibility to shine a light on areas that don't get seen. My personal feeling is that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/i-feel-it-s-my-social-responsibility-to-shine-a-light-on-areas-that/)

[Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/)

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> [A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/a-work-of-art-does-not-need-an-explanation-the-work-has-to-speak-for/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

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                        "text": "Paul Robeson once said that the artist has the responsibility to either help liberate the community or further oppress it. And I think that when Eldridge Cleaver wrote it down it was interpreted as his, but there's a history of people saying things of that nature and meaning it. And what I do is in that tradition, in that mode.",
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                        "text": "It is the artist's responsibility to be the oracle, to abstract where you are - that is our responsibility - we're not there to look glamorous. We're there to tune into the frequency of the Earth and the connective tissues of those things that we are responding to - language, colour, costume, literature, poetry, cuisine, perfume - these are the things that make up the desire to throw paint on a canvas, these are the things that create the excitement for building a new language!",
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                        "text": "In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of non-conformity alive. Thanks to them the powerful can never affirm that everyone agrees with their acts. That small difference is important.",
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