Art Quote by Maya Hawke

I think being an activist and an artist is an interesting contradiction, because so often they are at odds with one another. When you…

— Eve Ensler

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you…

— Salma Hayek

As a political activist you run the risk of having to settle for one compromise or another in order to achieve your goals. Artists…

— Josephine Meckseper

If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way.

— Regina King

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

— Youssou N'Dour

Art goes beyond politics. Even if there are writers who are involved in politics, eventually, in one or two centuries, it's not their politics…

— Eugene Ionesco

I love being part of a project that imparts a positive message, is somehow educational or enlightening, helps to bridge differences, or inspires viewers…

— Nazanin Boniadi

I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but…

— Ed Harris

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

Art is activism.

— Angie Thomas

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive…

— Thom Mayne

I don't believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but…

— Toni Morrison