Art Quote by Joelle Carter

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

— Elizabeth Bowen

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

— Jane Smiley

I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people,…

— Christy Turlington

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.

— Yoko Ono

It would be a terrible world if everyone was an artist. Nothing would get done!

— Paul Auster

Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?

— Mark Tobey

I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken…

— Don DeLillo

Whoever is in charge of the artist will always have the upper hand. They act like it's the artists' world, but it's the other…

— Sonny Sandoval

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

— Marina Abramovic

I think that these are different times, and different things are available to artists, and certain things have become passé. You've already seen the…

— Jakob Dylan

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.

— Albert Pinkham Ryder

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

— Ai Weiwei