Art Quote by Matty Healy

There's a history of artists being taken advantage of, and artists have to keep criticizing and keep skepticism at a high level. I think…

— Jack Conte

That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world.…

— Tracy Chapman

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

People should stop thinking that an artist that controls what he does is a bad thing. A lot of artists today are just victims,…

— Daft Punk

I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while…

— Lauryn Hill

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

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do…

— Ezra Furman

“Look, I don't see why bad artists - I mean artists who are obviously incompetent... - why they should be presented hypocritically as good…

— Anthony Burgess

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

— Ezra Furman

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

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

— Ai Weiwei

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

— Ai Weiwei