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I think that a society lives or dies according to its respect for - for its art.

— Kris Kristofferson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Art gives people a reason to be alive.

— Marilyn Manson

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

— William Morris

I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

— Wadada Leo Smith

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

— Marina Abramovic

Art reflects society. Cinema doesn't dictate - you portray what the society demands.

— Sonam Kapoor

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.

— Michel Foucault

Art has to be reflective of our society.

— David Zayas

Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

— John Lydon

✗Opposing Perspectives

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

— Ernst Fischer

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

— Audre Lorde