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The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.

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.

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.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

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

The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.

I've always believed that the artiste is the one who has his pulse on the society and who, in many ways, represents the conscience of society in terms of engaging standards that we need to live by.

What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.