Able Quote by Uwem Akpan

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically…

— Kelsea Ballerini

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.

— Fred Kaplan

There's a cultural conviction that any 'artist' must have personal suffering to back up their work, otherwise there's something undeserved and therefore inauthentic about…

— Jenny Diski

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

Artists should be self-aware of their work and their potential places in people's lives and make their decisions accordingly.

— Oliver $

I think as artists we have an opportunity to shed light and share different stories and expose different realities and inspire people and give…

— Goapele

I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the…

— Jose Parla

An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are…

— Hans Haacke

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

— Kehinde Wiley

Being an artist is being an isolated individual.

— Asger Jorn

Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on about it, he doesn't…

— Paula McLain