Art Quote by Eugene Ionesco

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

— Youssou N'Dour

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

— August Wilson

The job of an artist is to entertain and not get involved with politics. We give the people in the countries we are visiting…

— Engelbert Humperdinck

I don't believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but…

— Toni Morrison

I am an artist and a political being as well.

— Robin Morgan

Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even…

— Rachel Kushner

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

— Ronee Blakley

Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics.

— Ken Jeong

Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it…

— Zadie Smith

The artist as an artist must be an anarchist

— Kurt Eisner

Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.

— Alicia Keys

Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply…

— Lewis Hyde