The role of the artist

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The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible. —Toni Cade Bambara

adrienne maree brown, Rodriguez, • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)

The function of art is also clear: Artists propose new ways of doing things and perceiving the world, which if successful, become conventional.

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The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” ― James Baldwin

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Art has a social purpose [and] art belongs to the people. It’s not something that is hanging out there that has no connection with the needs of man. And art is unashamedly, unembarrassingly, if there is such a word, social. It is political; it is economic. The total life of man is reflected in his art.

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Artists make change happen. Artists are humans who do generous work that might not work. Artists aren’t limited to paint or museums. You’re an artist as soon as you announce you are. As a leader, a coach, a contributor, a designer, a musician, an impresario … it’s art if you let it be. If you care enough.

Seth Godin • The Practice

Artists are agents of invention who attempt to change the dominant conventions (although many individuals operating under the rubric of "artist" have much more pedestrian and commercial goals.)

1.9.1 The avant-garde exposes, devalues, and alters existing conventions in search of new cultural arrangements that could provide new aesthetic experiences... See more

Culture: An Owner's Manual • Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism

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I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget.

—Arthur Miller

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