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title: "7 Reflect Times Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Reflect Times quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Reflect Times sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's interesting how thrillers reflect the times we live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hitchens/it-s-interesting-how-thrillers-reflect-the-times-we-live-in/)

[Peter Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hitchens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/peter-hitchens-4419_how_it-s-interesting-how-thrillers-reflect-t_327020.png)

> [There is a Nina Simone quote, 'It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.' This quote is everything to me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raye/there-is-a-nina-simone-quote-it-is-an-artist-s-duty-to-reflect-the/)

[Raye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/raye-6306_art_there-is-a-nina-simone-quote-it-is-an-ar_400978.jpg)

> [The most powerful element is that a designer has to reflect the times. So often you can only sense a change, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzy-menkes/the-most-powerful-element-is-that-a-designer-has-to-reflect-the-times/)

[Suzy Menkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzy-menkes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/suzy-menkes-14279_change_the-most-powerful-element-is-that-a-desi_1220835.jpg)

> [It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-an-artist-s-duty-to-reflect-the-times-in-which-we-live/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/anonymous-1_art_it-s-an-artist-s-duty-to-reflect-the-tim_1568857.jpg)

> [“It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/it-is-an-artist-s-duty-to-reflect-the-times/)

[Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/nina-simone-3396_art_it-is-an-artist-s-duty-to-reflect-the-ti_2084099.png)

> [How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/how-can-you-be-an-artist-and-not-reflect-the-times/)

[Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/nina-simone-3396_art_how-can-you-be-an-artist-and-not-reflect_2274176.png)

> [You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/you-can-t-help-it-an-artist-s-duty-as-far-as-i-m-concerned-is-to/)

[Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/nina-simone-3396_art_you-can-t-help-it-an-artist-s-duty-as-fa_2843537.png)

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