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Art Quotes by George Orwell
- In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking…
- To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words.... Whoever writes English is involved in a…
- It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose…
- All art is propaganda.
- All art is propaganda; on the other hand, not all propaganda is art.
- To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a…
- The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.
- In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards.
- When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write…
- The existence of good bad literature—the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's intellect simply refuses…
More Art Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have… — Karen Armstrong
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov