Around Quote by Laura Jane Grace

Cultures cherish artists because they are people who can say, Look at that.

— Marilynne Robinson

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

Artists, in theory, should not be limited to their personal experience, culture, identity, and worldview. But they must also accept that the degree of…

— Sarah Weinman

I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of…

— Brad Holland

As art reveals the artist more than the world, so you see yourself and what you are not in the mirror of another culture.

— Jennifer Stone

As an artist, you reflect the world around you. To do that, you must dive in, take risks, fall on your face, win, and…

— Kellie Martin

The artist is one who makes a concentrated statement about the world in which he lives and that statement tends to become impersonal-it tends…

— Paul Strand

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad…

— Billy Porter

Most people just want to be part of the world, they want to live, love, and enjoy themselves - to take part in the…

— Paul Auster

I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are within them.…

— Tony Shafrazi

“Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.”

— Ivan Fernandez

What artists think about the world is often different from how we businessmen see it, and I find that an enriching experience.

— Eli Broad