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title: "58 Politics Art Quotes by 49 authors"
description: "Browse 58 Politics Art quotes by 49 authors. Discover the best Politics Art sayings and thoughts."
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> [Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/politics-is-the-art-of-realizing-what-there-is-to-realize/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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> [Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/politics-is-the-art-of-acquiring-holding-and-wielding-power/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

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> [“Politics is the Art of Controlling Your Enviroment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/politics-is-the-art-of-controlling-your-enviroment/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [Politics is about the art of the possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cassidy/politics-is-about-the-art-of-the-possible/)

[Bill Cassidy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cassidy/)

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> [Politics is the art of controlling your environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/politics-is-the-art-of-controlling-your-environment/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [Politics is the art of making civilization work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-l-amour/politics-is-the-art-of-making-civilization-work/)

[Louis L'Amour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-l-amour/)

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> [Politics is the art of anesthesia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/politics-is-the-art-of-anesthesia/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [Common Lisp is politics, not art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-fahlman/common-lisp-is-politics-not-art/)

[Scott Fahlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-fahlman/)

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> [A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-kushner/a-lot-of-politics-in-art-is-just-institutional-critique-which-in-my/)

[Rachel Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-kushner/)

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> [Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-queuille/politics-is-the-art-of-postponing-decisions-until-they-are-no-longer/)

[Henri Queuille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-queuille/)

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> [Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/politics-is-the-art-of-achieving-prestige-and-power-without-merit/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [Politics: the art of keeping as many balls as possible up in the air at one time - while protecting your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-attlesey/politics-the-art-of-keeping-as-many-balls-as-possible-up-in-the-air/)

[Sam Attlesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-attlesey/)

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> [“Wise politics is the art of invigorating society and weakening the State.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-gomez-davila/wise-politics-is-the-art-of-invigorating-society-and-weakening-the/)

[Nicolás Gómez Dávila](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-gomez-davila/)

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> [Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/politics-is-the-art-of-the-possible-the-attainable-the-art-of-the/)

[Otto von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/)

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> [Leadership is the art of controlling while politics is the art of influencing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lameck-k-kosgei/leadership-is-the-art-of-controlling-while-politics-is-the-art-of/)

[Lameck K Kosgei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lameck-k-kosgei/)

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> [Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/politics-is-the-art-of-making-your-selfish-desires-seem-like-the/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [“Truth and politics do not and cannot mix because politics is the art of saying only what needs to be said—and saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/truth-and-politics-do-not-and-cannot-mix-because-politics-is-the-art/)

[Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/)

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> [Many of the left thinkers that really matter to me - that formed a big part of my thinking about politics and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-lerner/many-of-the-left-thinkers-that-really-matter-to-me-that-formed-a-big/)

[Ben Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-lerner/)

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> [“Politics is an art and not a science, and what is required for its mastery is not the rationality of the engineer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-j-morgenthau/politics-is-an-art-and-not-a-science-and-what-is-required-for-its/)

[Hans J. Morgenthau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-j-morgenthau/)

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> [“From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-adams/from-her-character-in-the-hbo-miniseries-the-art-of-politics-is-the/)

[Abigail Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-adams/)

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> [“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larken-rose/politics-the-art-of-using-euphemisms-lies-emotionalism-and-fear/)

[Larken Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larken-rose/)

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> [Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/politics-is-the-art-of-achieving-political-goals-of-achieving-what-is/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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> [It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/it-s-sometimes-hard-to-talk-about-politics-and-art-obviously-i-have/)

[Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/)

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> [Art should not be a tool of politics, but sometimes art can help make the political climate more open and help society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cai-guo-qiang/art-should-not-be-a-tool-of-politics-but-sometimes-art-can-help-make/)

[Cai Guo-Qiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cai-guo-qiang/)

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> [The high-minded definition of politics is: 'the art or science of government; the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-thomas/the-high-minded-definition-of-politics-is-the-art-or-science-of/)

[Cal Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-thomas/)

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> [“If I could remove one thing from the world and replace it with something else, I would erase politics and put art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzy-kassem/if-i-could-remove-one-thing-from-the-world-and-replace-it-with/)

[Suzy Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzy-kassem/)

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> [“Politics, after all, is the art of persuasion; the political is that dimension of social life in which tings really do become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/politics-after-all-is-the-art-of-persuasion-the-political-is-that/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-write-some-art-criticism-and-one-thing-that-s-clear-to-me-is-that/)

[Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/)

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> [Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/is-politics-nothing-other-than-the-art-of-deliberately-lying/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [Politics is the art of the next best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/politics-is-the-art-of-the-next-best/)

[Otto Von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/)

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> [Politics is the art of the possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/politics-is-the-art-of-the-possible/)

[Otto von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/)

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> [Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-okri/politics-is-the-art-of-the-possible-creativity-is-the-art-of-the/)

[Ben Okri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-okri/)

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> [“The new politics was not the art of the compromise but the art of conflict.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/the-new-politics-was-not-the-art-of-the-compromise-but-the-art-of/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

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> [Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/politics-is-not-the-art-of-the-possible-it-consists-in-choosing/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-ve-never-been-interested-in-much-in-the-politics-of-the-art-world/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

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> [Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/politics-is-the-art-of-looking-for-trouble-finding-it-misdiagnosing/)

[Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/)

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> [Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/politics-is-the-art-of-making-the-people-believe-that-they-are-in/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

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> [If politics is the art of the possible, theatre is the art of the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-blau/if-politics-is-the-art-of-the-possible-theatre-is-the-art-of-the/)

[Herbert Blau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-blau/)

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> [Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/politics-is-the-art-of-preventing-people-from-taking-part-in-affairs/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

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> [Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/politics-is-the-art-of-choosing-between-the-disastrous-and-the/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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