“The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before.”
“The function of art is to make people like life more than they do.”
“The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.”
“The function of the artist,' the Navajo answered, 'is to provide what life does not.”
“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
“America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician. To be a rabbit is better still.”