Artist vs Politicians

I do agree with Richard's view that artist and politicians stand at opposite poles.  An artist main purpose and goal is to create art that will have some sort of emotional impact on the viewer.  The opinion that the viewer gets from the piece can range in a wide verity of things, yet this does not matter to the artist.  The sole point of creating something is to let different minds come to different conclusions about there work, and as long as it evokes emotion or a response then their goal has been fulfilled.  They also are stimulated by there own emotions and views when creating the messages of their work, and they have an unlimited space to explore.  Politicians on the other hand do not have this type of freedom when speaking for their views.  Their sole purpose is to convince people that their certain view is the right one.  Because they have this challenge, there is little wiggle room to experiment with ideas or creativity.  They preach one specific outlook on something and will do everything they can to convince others to share the same view, while it doesn't matter if artist have a positive response to their work just as long as there is least a response.