Art Quote by Marcel Duchamp

... 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

Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of…

— George Duke

Artists don't create society, they reflect it

— Ben Elton

You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that…

— Stacie Orrico

Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled with poison…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to…

— LL Cool J

All artists are people of growth. It's like food, you take the good and leave the rest.

— Andrew Jack

Most artists I know have gone through some period that forces them to get to the very core of who they are.

— Melody Gardot

Back in the day, artists could be mysterious. Now, people want to know and hear everything about you. They want to see and feel…

— Kandi Burruss

It's difficult to really be an artist nowadays. People are just on another page. You have a society that needs you to say something,…

— Mos Def

People become artists out of despair.

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner