All art is in revolution of tyranny.

Art is either revolution or plagiarism

— Paul Gauguin

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in…

— Harold Rosenberg

The religion of art, like the religion of politics, was born from the ruins of Christianity. Art inherited from the old religion the power…

— Octavio Paz

“Injustice is not allowed on my watch.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great…

— Anonymous

Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and…

— Nathan Oliveira

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

— Alan Arkin

Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.

— Pablo Picasso

The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…

— G-Dragon

“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it…

— Taf Teh

“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…

— Justina Chen Headley

I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…

— Aaron Rose

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe