Behinds Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

The world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain indebtedness and duty toward it because I have walked this earth…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt…

— Conrad Veidt

I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I'm perpetually interested by living in places as an artist confronting challenges I've never confronted before and approaching them with as much craft and…

— George C. Wolfe

I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have…

— Gerhard Richter

The push and pull of representing your world responsibly and your artistic license is a tricky balance.

— Eden Robinson

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on…

— Margaret Bourke-White

I come from a generation where you put the art out and had the luxury to sit back and watch the world deconstruct it,…

— M.I.A

I started making work that I assumed would be far too garish, far too decadent, far too black for the world to care about.…

— Kehinde Wiley

I don't feel in any way obligated to remain current with the culture. I feel no social obligation whatsoever. I trust my morality in…

— James Ellroy

I am an artist with very strong social and political concerns.

— Yolanda King