Always Quote by Chinua Achebe

My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don’t see how art…

— Chinua Achebe

Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict.

— Chinua Achebe

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind,…

— Jeff Koons

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

— Keanu Reeves

Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It's really not about other people's needs and assumptions. I'm not interested in…

— Richard Serra

All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our…

— David Bowie

Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.

— Yoko Ono

The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.

— Alonzo King

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some…

— Ai Weiwei

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

— Harry Belafonte

The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.

— Josef Albers

Art's true purpose is to be human as opposed to some rarefied activity set away from real life. I think art should help you…

— Martin Firrell