Art Quote by Earle Brown

The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work.

— Robin G. Collingwood

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

— Nhat Hanh

I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at…

— Martin Firrell

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

We have this idea of artists being on the fringe and being debauched and strange. I don't think that people who commit themselves to…

— Lola Kirke

Art shouldn't be only the aesthetics we hang on the wall, but a dynamic to shape the society.

— Genco Gulan

I really believe that art has to play a role in changing the moral direction. Mean, selfish people are in charge of the government…

— Steve Almond

Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease to exist.

— Naguib Mahfouz

Most photographs are of life, what goes on in the world. And that's boring, generally. Life is banal, you know. Let's say that an…

— Garry Winogrand

Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world…

— Vivienne Westwood

Every time we do anything artistic, the way it's perceived is always going to be different from the way that we had intended it…

— Simon Helberg

Art is the most benign cultural practice, and yet art has an upper bound of personal revelation that is so far away it is…

— Ken Baumann