Art Quote by George Grosz

I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.

— Robert Indiana

I believe strongly that the word 'protest' is no excuse for bad work. The artist must create.

— John Kani

The U.S. museums weren't looking at my paintings at all - they hated them, irredeemably. People metaphorically threw up when they saw my work!…

— Roy Lichtenstein

“The customs people were angered by my drawings. I told them I didn’t make the drawings to cause trouble; I was an artist, and…

— Chaim Potok

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

— Vivek Shraya

There's enough ugliness - you know, we got wars going on and people dying and sickness and everything. We don't need to have our…

— Don McLean

Art is a protest against death.

— Audrey Flack

Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in particular -…

— April Gornik

My paintings are rubbish.

— David Bailey

People are tempted to politicize the fact that I paint black figures, and the complexity of this is an essential part of the work.…

— Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

There were some types of sanctions that happen in the public world that made my work acceptable, where someone looks at the paintings and…

— Julian Schnabel

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

— Doris McCarthy