Art Quote by Robert Adams

Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics -…

— Bruce Cockburn

Life is politics, basically, but you don't just go to a gallery and put the words 'art' and 'politics' on the wall.

— Luc Tuymans

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

— Youssou N'Dour

I don't see myself as a political artist, but certain issues mean a lot to me.

— Kano

I don't know if I would describe myself as a political artist.

— Glenn Ligon

If you want to get things done in life, you don't go into politics. If you want to get things done in life you…

— Noel Edmonds

I don't think there's any point in talking about political stuff unless you're going to have a lot of heart and soul and personal…

— CMAT

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

I think if you're going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can't just write about politics, you have…

— Billy Bragg

I’ve come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics.

— John Luther Adams

It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome…

— Robert Greene

Let me see: art and activism. I can always fall back on, "the question should be, what isn't political? Everything you do is political,…

— Eric Drooker