Always Quote by Mahira Khan

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

— Ezra Furman

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 the people for whom the world is not enough.

— Paul Auster

I feel it's my social responsibility to shine a light on areas that don't get seen. My personal feeling is that it's an artist's…

— Lynn Nottage

I think artists throughout the history of time have always been controversial and have been a voice to speak to public culture in a…

— Mark Foster

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

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

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists…

— Athol Fugard

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

Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have…

— Michael Franti

Honestly, I really can't speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because…

— Travis Scott