Art Quote by Chinua Achebe

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

— Chinua Achebe

“...Let me say that I do think decency and civilization would insist that the writer take sides with the powerless. Clearly, there's no moral…

— Chinua Achebe

Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.

— Tom Stoppard

“Writing, as most art, is considered to be essentially superfluous. Who is an artist before a surgeon? Or a scientist? But the fact that…

— Rainer J. Hanshe

An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.

— Roger Ballen

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

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

— Seth Godin

The definition of an artist, for me, is someone who is quite selfish about their creativity.

— Steven Wilson

An artist is someone who cannot rest, who can never rest as long as there is one suffering creature in the world.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away…

— Richard Price

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

— Marianne Moore