Art Quote by John Cage

Your responsibility as an artist is to experiment.

— Squarepusher

“Tarkovsky was right. The responsibility of the artist is to stir people’s hearts and minds toward loving others: to find the light and the…

— Qiu Miaojin

I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.

— Tony Todd

Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to…

— Carrie Mae Weems

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

— Talib Kweli

I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And…

— Bill Plympton

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

It's my responsibility as an artist and public figure to put the right frequency out there.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always…

— Twyla Tharp

My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God.

— Nick Cave

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

— Ai Weiwei

Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21.…

— John Cassavetes

Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to tell the…

— Charles Hazlewood

My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company…

— Nile Rodgers

That is the responsibility of the artist, of the actor, to inhabit these roles and put on somebody else's shoes. It's the responsibility and…

— Christian Slater