Art Quote by Zadie Smith

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

— Ezra Furman

The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics.

— Eugene Ionesco

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

— Viola Davis

As many have said before me, artists are creative people who can't be dragged into the politics of nations. I have always made a…

— Mahira Khan

In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become…

— Corey Stoll

I think artists throughout the history of time have always been controversial and have been a voice to speak to public culture in a…

— Mark Foster

The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics

— Jonathan Alter

I don't believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but…

— Toni Morrison

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

— Ronee Blakley

I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political actor or…

— Carrie Brownstein

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we…

— Alice Walker