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Art Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -…
- Correct spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed by schoolma’ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony…
- The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of the demagogue, and…
- Mankind has failed miserably in its effort to devise a rational system of government. [...] The art of government is the exclusive possession of quacks…
- Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
- Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be…
- Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops
- The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.
- The true function of art is to criticize, embellish and edit nature… the artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue penciling the bad spelling…
- Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other.…
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