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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.

— Billy Collins

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

— Jodie Foster

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

— Anselm Kiefer

I'm not saying everybody has a social responsibility of what art they create, but art should be open-ended. I just feel there's a lack of consciousness and understanding of impact and reach. Just maybe, for a second, just think of the effect you could have with a lyric.

— Mary Lambert

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.

— Michael Franti

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.

— Anthony Carmona

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

— Bono

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

— Thom Mayne

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

— Jeff Koons

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

— Marina Abramovic

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Georg Baselitz