Art Quote by Wadada Leo Smith

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

— August Wilson

Using the word ‘political’ in the widest possible sense. Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other peoples’ idea of…

— George Orwell

All good art should be political, I think, and inevitably it all becomes political really, in one way or another.

— Josh O'Connor

Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics. Which after all really comes to the…

— Ingmar Bergman

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

— Ai Weiwei

Art should not be a tool of politics, but sometimes art can help make the political climate more open and help society become more…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

As a composer, I believe that music has the power to inspire a renewal of human consciousness, culture, and politics. And yet I refuse…

— John Luther Adams

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political…

— Barry Jenkins

I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the…

— Wadada Leo Smith

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

Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.

— Tatyana Tolstaya

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

— John Luther Adams