Aesthetic Quote by Cyril Connolly

Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

— Oscar Wilde

Art can do the opposite of glamourise the unattainable: it can show us anew the genuine merit of life as we're forced to lead…

— Alain de Botton

It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal. Revolutionary methods must be in tune with revolutionary…

— Emma Goldman

“Revolutionary art need not be overtly political in content; what is more important is that it demand a new means of perception on the…

— Ann Daly

A work of art can be called revolutionary if, by virtue of the aesthetic transformation, it represents, in the exemplary fate of individuals, the…

— Herbert Marcuse

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of…

— Eddie Vedder

“Today, no one is scandalized; society has found ways to nullify the provocative potential of a work of art, adopting before it an attitude…

— André Breton

Revolution is the most dramatic appearance of a conscious people.

— Walter Rodney

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive…

— Thom Mayne

Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in…

— Russell Smith

Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days.

— Grayson Perry

Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone…

— Anonymous