Evan Rachel Wood Quotes

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.

Artists don't really want to be marginalized. They believe that everybody should be able to appreciate the experience that an artist gives them, an experience that connects us to each other in a deep way.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.

I kind of feel like the job of actors and writers and people who make television and movies is to keep people company. In whatever modest way I'm able to accomplish that, I want to.

I feel that the arts have an impact in a way that just makes the world more beautiful.

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence.

No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone.

It is the artists who make the true value of the world, though at times they may have to starve to do it. They are like earthworms, turning up the soil so things can grow, eating dirt so that the rest of us may eat green shoots.

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.

Who's to say what will one day appear to have been trendsetting? Sometimes artists who receive breathless acclaim initially, seem to conk out. Other artists who don't register so keenly at the time, prove to be trailblazers.

No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe in the importance of what they are doing, their work creates a stir in the world.

The greatest benefit we owe to the artist, whether painter, poet, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies.

Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.

Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

You really, really feel like you have no control [participating in franchise] . I mean, it's a huge juggernaut, especially when something becomes part of the cultural landscape in a way as well. It's really scary because you get trapped and you get scared of changing, which is the worst thing that can happen if you want to be any kind of artist.

And every true artist is the salvation of every other. But only artists produce for each other the world that is fit to live in.

The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They deal with promotional people. They deal with financial people. They deal with accountants. They deal with people who work on higher levels. They deal with tax people, but have absolutely no interest in artists, in individual artists, especially very young artists.