Artist Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

8 Artist quotes by Rita Mae Brown

Brown’s brief musings combine humor with a sharp social eye, giving a quick, lively perspective on the role of creativity in everyday life.

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In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by…

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If Michaelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.

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I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering…

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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

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A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just…

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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

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I believe in art that conceals art.

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Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.

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He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

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Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.

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Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse.

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“what would happen if she'd open her eyes and see only dark and feel satin from the coffin? That'd scare her enough to kill…

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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.

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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the…

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An army of lovers shall not fail.

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Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

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Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do…

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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

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