It is an artist's duty to be ...

It is an artist\'s duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.
It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.
 Billy Childish

More phrases

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Quotes from the same author

I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play music here in the '80s it was a surprise to me.
 Billy Childish
A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out; when you've grown it out, you want to cut it.
 Billy Childish
I loved moustaches. I used to draw myself with one. When I was 14, I was really into war and Van Gogh.
 Billy Childish
I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.
 Billy Childish
We believe in a society in delusion, and if you're awake and not deluded people tell you you're mad. That's why I'm a freak and they're not. But I'm actually not.
 Billy Childish