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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe the artist has an obligation to society.
The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.
Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.
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.
I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.
The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected - the best - evolutions.
Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it's their path, it's what excites them, it's what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.
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.
No opposing quotes found.