About Quote by Cass McCombs Download Open image “Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.” — Cass McCombs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Action Art Been Folk Folk art Folks Much Never Politics Utility
Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world. — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics. — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics. — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I’ve come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics. — John Luther Adams Copy Share Image
I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
We've never been as active politically as we have been as artists. But politics always brush up against the arts, oh, about every four… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political. — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Art can be engaged in the world without being specifically politically engaged. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
It's not my way to talk about my feelings. They're impudent to myself, so it wouldn't make any sense if I tried to explain… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Thank God we don't know a lot about Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautreamont. These are the best guys we got, and their… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
All these biopics and biographies and people gossiping about so-and-so's drug abuse or who's sleeping with who, it's just a bunch of nonsense. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't like the word "happy." I wouldn't want to use it that context. I enjoy writing songs, it's a really good challenge, it… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean that I'm overly enthusiastic about much music. Except the people that really touch me. It has to touch me, it has… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
