Art Quote by Ralph Ellison

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of…

— Eddie Vedder

I think that the most effective social protest that any artist can do would be things that come naturally and feel obvious. I think…

— John Flansburgh

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

— Vivek Shraya

I have said it before and I will continue to say that I don't think art is the most effective form of protest. I…

— Martine Syms

“Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.”

— Anonymous

Art is activism.

— Angie Thomas

I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights movement wouldn't…

— Saul Williams

“The idea that people can be improved by being offended will finally have to meet the idea (espoused some of the time by some…

— Wendell Berry

The point of art is to shake people's minds and talk about real social issues.

— Ariana DeBose

Art is a protest against death.

— Audrey Flack

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us…

— Oscar Wilde

There is a point, and it is reached more easily than is supposed, where interference with freedom of the arts and literature becomes an…

— Rebecca West