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Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.

The reason you work as an artist is to stay open and ask questions.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.

I think it's the job of the artist to reflect the times and also reflect his or her views of the world.

Nowhere in the job description of an artist is the requirement that I must validate your taste.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.