About This Quote

Christopher Reeve, a famous American actor and activist, said, “Artists are the radical voice of civilization. Each and every one of you in this room, with your gifts and your power and your skills, could perhaps change the way in which our global humanity mistrusts itself. Perhaps we as artists and as visionaries, for what’s better in the human heart and the human soul, could influence citizens everywhere in the world to see the better side of who and what we are as a species.” This quote means that artists have a responsibility to change society by creating art that shows it in a better light. Art can do things that other forms of expression cannot do.

It can bring about change. While artists can promote change, they cannot create it alone.

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