Art Quote by William S. Burroughs

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change

— William S. Burroughs

We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

— Viola Davis

As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.

— Robert Genn

One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is…

— Thom Yorke

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is…

— Thom Mayne

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

— John Maeda

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

— Ezra Furman

It is the job of each artist to believe in the possibility of meaningful, substantial, and sustainable change.

— Eric Maisel

Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even…

— Rachel Kushner

Important artists are innovators whose work changes the practices of their successors.

— David Galenson

Artists are in the imagining/ prototyping business. Society needs people to be out there thinking of what might be. That cannot be something we…

— Mohsin Hamid

As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic…

— Lauryn Hill