I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.
Ben ShahnIt is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.
Ben ShahnWhat is it about conformity itself that causes us all to require it of our neighbors and of our artists and then, with consummate fickleness, to forget those who fall into line and eternally celebrate those who do not?
Ben Shahn