The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think it's the job of the artist to reflect the times and also reflect his or her views of the world.
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.
Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique.
Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.
Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
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.
One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our time.
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.
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