“When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.”
Billy Corgan (1967) American musician, songwriter, producer, and author
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
“The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist’s choice.”
On whether an artist should paint about injustices in “Interview With Fernando Botero” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/interview-with-fernando-botero_b_6795782 in HuffPost (2017 Dec 6)
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