To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.
Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.
When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation.
The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
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.