Act Quote by Alice Walker

Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.

— Dalai Lama

That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world.…

— Tracy Chapman

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

— Paul Auster

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do…

— Ezra Furman

Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.

— Dan Butler

Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have…

— Michael Franti

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

— Yoko Ono

At some point as an artist you have to take responsibility for everything you say.

— Naughty Boy

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

— Ai Weiwei

Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.

— Alice Walker

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think…

— James Cromwell

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

— Ezra Furman