Art Quote by Adam Smith

The only way to eliminate any government choice on what art is worthwhile, what art isn't worthwhile, is to get the government totally out…

— Antonin Scalia

Government shouldn't try to dictate what art looks like or what it portrays. Last thing we want is government screwing it up, which is…

— Mike Huckabee

Blest is that government where no art thrives.

— Thomas Nashe

There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics...

— Ian Mcewan

Where there is money there is no art.

— William Blake

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

— Anonymous

Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.

— William Blake

Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

— George R. R. Martin

Art is not democratic. It is not for the people.

— Richard Serra

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists.

— Dave Hickey

“In a fearful, eroding democracy, it remains to be seen whether art continues to be free to act in the public sphere or is…

— Gregory Sholette

We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.

— Morgan Parker