“I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other people who inspire young people, but I'd like to see somebody in political life be able to connect and make these choices that we need to make in Washington real in terms of people's lives.” PeopleKnowsNeedsRealAbleYoungPoliticalLife IsArtistChoicesTermInspireMusicianPolitical Life Author:John F. Kerry
“To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.” ArtReasonPoliticalArtistImpossibleProducePureWorkers Book:Some Versions of Pastoral Source: Some Versions of Pastoral
“Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life. But I had an insight that maybe we would have a political contribution to make in the future.” PoliticalArtistMusicianInsightContributionDetachedPolitical Life Author:Gilberto Gil
“I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political actor or a political musician. It becomes this thing where somehow your art can no longer exist on its own and be multifaceted.” ThinkingArtPoliticalArtistActorsIdentityMusicianStem Author:Carrie Brownstein
“What I've always seen in writers and artists is the courage it takes to make an original work of art. I think the real risks in literature are linguistic and intellectual, and I hope we can highlight those, as well as political courage.” ThinkingWellsArtRealPoliticalArtistLiteratureRiskIntellectualOriginalsWorks Of ArtHighlightsPolitical Courage Author:Salman Rushdie
“The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.” PeopleKnowsCarePoliticalArtistInterestingWho CaresMost Interesting Author:Nell Zink