Art Quote by Norman Bethune

The function of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arouse the sleeper, to shake the complacent pillars of the world. He…

— Norman Bethune

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate…

— Marina Abramovic

The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.

— Tom Robbins

The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before.

— Kurt Vonnegut

It's the artist's duty to have an artist's life, somehow to obtain time and freedom and then to muster the desire and discipline to…

— Stephanie Mills

The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how…

— Amiri Baraka

The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and…

— Joseph Conrad

The artist has a special task and duty... reminding people of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.

— Lewis Mumford

The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination.

— Romare Bearden

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings…

— Mos Def

[The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and…

— Joseph Conrad

The artist injects the spirit of life into a culture.

— L. Ron Hubbard