Art Quote by Ken Paulson

“Those seeking political and economic change should consider embracing art. Part of our role as citizens is to look more closely at the media…

— Jonathan Taplin

The point of art is to shake people's minds and talk about real social issues.

— Ariana DeBose

In a time of fractured politics, our need for unifying cultural events is more acute, and particularly our need for creators who do not…

— Ben Domenech

The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality and will…

— Scott Kahn

I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook.…

— Barbara Kruger

Across the world, wherever good art has been created, that society has been in crisis.

— Pankaj Tripathi

There's so many bigger things in the world. The art world is such a tiny little thing compared to wars and migration crises. It's…

— Jim Shaw

Art pulls a community together... Art makes you feel differently. That's what artists are doing all the time, shifting and changing the way you…

— Lister Sinclair

Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.

— Eli Broad

We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.

— Morgan Parker

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

— Vivek Shraya