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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.

— Fernando Botero

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

— Talib Kweli

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.

— Stephen Stills

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

— Anselm Kiefer

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

— Bono

As long as artists arbitrarily assume the right to decide what is or is not art, it is logical that the public will just as arbitrarily feel that they have the right to reject it.

— Leon Krier

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

— Talib Kweli

Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to find some truth and put that in their music.

— Michael Franti

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

— Georg Baselitz

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

— Bruno Dumont

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else.

— Robert Rauschenberg

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