Activity Quote by Michelangelo Pistoletto

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part…

— Ezra Pound

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be…

— Nick Cave

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life...

— Robert Henri

All the things an artist must be: poet, explorer of nature, philosopher!

— Paul Klee

Artists are in the imagining/ prototyping business. Society needs people to be out there thinking of what might be. That cannot be something we…

— Mohsin Hamid

Artists have to be useful. They have to fill a role.

— Louise Bourgeois

All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.

— Lionel Hampton

“Art really does instruct us in how to think, feel, and behave. To be an artist is to have great power. To be the…

— Rod Dreher

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating,…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can…

— Al Jourgensen

To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision.

— Laurence Gartel