Ursula K. Le Guin at the National Book Awards
> Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art—the art of words.I never really studied history in any depth. Do you think this is just hyperbole? By which I mean is she simply overstating or exaggerating the role of art in historic events? 
Am I taking it too literally - that art is the first step towards cultural upheaval? Can anyone give some examples of art effecting some kind of huge social change?