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If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you're going to have.

— Tony Kushner

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

I value above all the ability of art to move me emotionally and psychically, without answers. I make art that makes me question, that derives its power from being vulnerable to interpretation, that is intuitive, that is beautiful.

— April Gornik

As an artist, what you do represents who you are. Coming from a genuine, honest place - that's what I'm trying to do.

— Gretchen Parlato

I do have my own personal convictions and values, and I live by those. But as an artist, as a portrait photographer, my job is to tell the truth and to capture someone's spirit on a certain day. And it's never the whole truth; it's the truth I experience in a very intense and intimate fashion.

— Platon

As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.

— Charlton Heston

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

— Ron Silver

✗Opposing Perspectives

As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be.

— Janet Fitch

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

— Lupita Nyong'o

I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you get at that truth, it connects with people on a particular level that I think makes your art more viable.

— Sarah Jones

I think an artist's true worth comes through an inter-generational thing - when you go beyond your own time, and start influencing people in a greater way than just what surrounds you.

— Daryl Hall