Art Quote by Margaret Atwood

There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us...

— Pablo Picasso

As many have said before me, artists are creative people who can't be dragged into the politics of nations. I have always made a…

— Mahira Khan

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we…

— Alice Walker

So-called leaders aren't doing anything, so it's become the job of artists like me. We have to get on the front lines and fight…

— Fantastic Negrito

Whoever is in charge of the artist will always have the upper hand. They act like it's the artists' world, but it's the other…

— Sonny Sandoval

The best feeling in the world is performing in front of a live audience who like what you're doing. I can understand why people…

— Steve Coogan

I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists…

— Tom Stoppard

Don't listen to the politicians, always look at the artists, they're the first to tell us where we're going.

— Mark Mills

“And don’t forget that it is the press, the pulpit, and the university that mould public opinion, set the thought-pace of the nation. As…

— Jack London

I realize it's about the artists and about the fans. Those are the people who truly have the power. It's like politics, we give…

— David Banner

In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to…

— Elizabeth Peyton