Aggressive Quote by Shirin Neshat

When things happen socially in our community, as artists, we've got the right to exercise our voices if we choose to, use our powers…

— Raheem DeVaughn

Every artist, writers included, have an ethics and an aesthetics, whether they can formulate them or not. I happen to think that it is…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have…

— Michael Franti

If I have a voice to shine light on things or draw attention or provoke, as an artist people look to - I should…

— Slowthai

I think it's so important as an artist to stand up for what you believe in, and I think that if equal rights is…

— Betty Who

There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists…

— Athol Fugard

Like me, most of my fellow artists struggle within the confines of what is 'politically correct.'

— Bez

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

— Ai Weiwei

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

— Edward Burns

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

— Ai Weiwei

At some point as an artist you have to take responsibility for everything you say.

— Naughty Boy