Art Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

The artist must operate on the assumption that the public consists in the highest order of individual; that he is civilized, cultured, and highly…

— Ben Shahn

It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what it is…

— Hector Berlioz

The job of any artiste is to open the eyes of the public to their surroundings and make them aware of it.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is…

— David Gilmour

I think the mystery of art lies in this, that artists’ relationship is essentially with their work — not with power, not with profit,…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The public needs art, and it is the responsibility of a ’self-proclaimed artist’ to realize the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois…

— Keith Haring

The artists ultimately respond to the public.

— Kehinde Wiley

There is no communication with any public whatsoever. The artist can ask no question, and he makes no statement; he offers no information, and…

— Georg Baselitz

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible…

— Keith Haring

Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

— Olafur Eliasson

In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they…

— Luis Bunuel

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important…

— Hilary Rosen