Art Quote by A. Y. Jackson

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

— Bruno Dumont

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

— Oscar Wilde

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

— Anonymous

“A nation which neglects the perceptions of its artists declines. After a while it ceases to act, and merely survives. There is probably no…

— Ezra Pound

Art is purposiveness without purpose.

— Anonymous

Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

“art is self-sufficient and need serve no moral or political purpose”

— Walter Pater

The Artist should not forget his mission, perhaps the most religious of all, of sustaining faith in the worthwhileness of art and thus of…

— Ernst Bacon

There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether…

— Clive Bell

Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization.

— John French Sloan

Blest is that government where no art thrives.

— Thomas Nashe

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

— Auguste Rodin