An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.
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.
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.
One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience.
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.
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
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