Art Quote by Nick Cave

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

— Laurence Gartel

An artist's job is to be interested in things as they are.

— George Saunders

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

An artist's responsibility is a lot. I can't deny and escape from the responsibility. You have to be very guarded about your personal behaviour,…

— Chiranjeevi

I think part of being an artist is having the ability to define your own responsibilities. I certainly wouldn't prescribe any. As far as…

— Pierre Coupey

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't…

— David Hockney

I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.

— Tony Todd

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

— Keith Jarrett

As an artist you have to fight and survive the wilderness to keep your creative freedom. Creativity is very fragile.

— Karel Appel

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

— Larry Wall

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible…

— Keith Haring