I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
Sometimes I think it's the responsibility of the artist to reveal a little more of themselves.
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.
There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.