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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
An artist is his own fault.
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
If an artist is driven primarily by social responsibility, I think the art probably suffers because, again, just as leadership has a rather defined end point or purpose, social responsibility would seem to have a very clear moral context.
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.
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
I believe the artist has an obligation to society.