Art Quote by George Henry Lewes

“A writer inevitably - and less directly this applies to all the arts - about contemporary events, and his impulse is to tell what…

— George Orwell

It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as…

— Igor Stravinsky

...a genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present…

— Anonymous

Art, however innocent, looks like deceiving.

— Aaron Hill

Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense…

— Henri Matisse

“In a fearful, eroding democracy, it remains to be seen whether art continues to be free to act in the public sphere or is…

— Gregory Sholette

“We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers are all…

— NisiOisiN

The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its…

— Edmund Wilson

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

— Ron Silver

“The false democracy that places art and random uploads side by side has, I believe, led too many to believe that art is easy…

— Jonathan Taplin

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

— Robert McKee

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

— Cynthia Ozick