--- title: "11 Art Dangerous Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Art Dangerous quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Art Dangerous sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/val-kilmer-3242_art_that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dange_3157218.jpg" --- > [That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-kilmer/that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dangerous-and-challenging-but-it-s/) [Val Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-kilmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/val-kilmer-3242_art_that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dange_3157218.jpg) > [Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-is-not-chaste-those-ill-prepared-should-be-allowed-no-contact/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-is-not-chaste-those-ill-prepared-sho_697668.jpg) > [Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/art-is-dangerous-it-is-one-of-the-attractions-when-it-ceases-to-be/) [Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/duke-ellington-7513_art_art-is-dangerous-it-is-one-of-the-attrac_1741527.jpg) > [“Don't we all know that art is dangerous. You play it - then you live it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-balint/don-t-we-all-know-that-art-is-dangerous-you-play-it-then-you-live-it/) [Stefan Balint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-balint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/stefan-balint-279419_art_don-t-we-all-know-that-art-is-dangerous_797824.jpg) > [Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-is-never-chaste-it-ought-to-be-forbidden-to-ignorant-innocents/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-is-never-chaste-it-ought-to-be-forbi_283223.jpg) > [“Making art can feel dangerous and revealing. Making art is dangerous and revealing. Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/making-art-can-feel-dangerous-and-revealing-making-art-is-dangerous/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/david-bayles-13995_art_making-art-can-feel-dangerous-and-reveal_1797020.jpg) > [“Art was a union of the father and mother worlds, of mind and blood. It might start in utter sensuality and lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/art-was-a-union-of-the-father-and-mother-worlds-of-mind-and-blood-it/) [Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/hermann-hesse-130_art_art-was-a-union-of-the-father-and-mother_1819423.jpg) > [There are some very powerful contributions to knowledge in the scientific world or the legal world, but art is singular. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/there-are-some-very-powerful-contributions-to-knowledge-in-the/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/toni-morrison-271_art_there-are-some-very-powerful-contributio_786086.jpg) > [There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-society-certainly-in-america/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/john-boorman-22660_art_there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-soc_311268.jpg) > [All art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/all-art-is-fundamentally-subversive-because-it-upsets-people-s/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/john-boorman-22660_art_all-art-is-fundamentally-subversive-beca_2459659.jpg) > [“I want to remind us all that art is dangerous. I want to remind you of the history of artists who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/i-want-to-remind-us-all-that-art-is-dangerous-i-want-to-remind-you-of/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/toni-morrison-271_art_i-want-to-remind-us-all-that-art-is-dang_1085183.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-dangerous/#itemlist", "name": "Art Dangerous Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Val Kilmer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-kilmer/that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dangerous-and-challenging-but-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/val-kilmer-3242_art_that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dange_3157218.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/val-kilmer-3242_art_that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dange_3157218.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/val-kilmer-3242_art_that-s-the-joy-of-art-it-should-be-dange_3157218.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.” — Val Kilmer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is not chaste. 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