Quote by Deborah Solomon

“The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never existed.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“in the newspapers I read a biography about an American. He left his whole huge fortune to factories and for the positive sciences, his…

— Anonymous

“It seems whenever we get too high hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving some thug nation comes along and decides we're a pushover all…

— George M. Cohan

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.

— Irwin Shaw

“I believe strongly that my books are entertainment. I hope you might learn a thing or two while reading them, but first and foremost,…

— Suzanne Brockmann

“Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor.”

— Fang Chen

“I planted him in this country like a flag”

— Margaret Atwood

“It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.”

— Nina Simone

“Flags are blossoming now where little else is blossoming and I am bent on fathoming what it means to love my country. The history…

— Adrienne Rich

“A plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive, at least a little bit…”

— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

“For isn't the artist by nature a revolutionary?”

— Joyce Carol Oates

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as…

— H. L. Mencken