Art Quote by Glenn Ligon Download Open image “I don't know if I would describe myself as a political artist.” — Glenn Ligon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Describe myself Know Myself Political Political art Politics Would
I don't see myself as a political artist, but certain issues mean a lot to me. — Kano Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an… — Edi Rama Copy Share Image
I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
As a political artist, I think you have to learn how to create art, no matter what your ideology is. — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist. — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
I wouldn't really describe myself directly as, like, a political musician. I think I have an opinion on a lot of things, and I… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
As a political activist you run the risk of having to settle for one compromise or another in order to achieve your goals. Artists… — Josephine Meckseper Copy Share Image
Throughout African-American literature, the writer has, in a sense, been burdened by the necessity of pleading the case for the whole race. For example,… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Race is not something inherent to one's being: One does feel more or less colored, depending on the situation. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
I think there's an interest right now in the performance aspect of artworks, instead of just hanging things on walls. We're in a moment… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
A key text for me is James Baldwin's essays. And, in particular, his essay Stranger in the Village. It's a text that I've used… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
It's a great idea: to feel the rhythm of something by seeing how it flows on a page. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
In writing, something is always left out: it can't be articulated in the space of an essay. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Willem de Kooning paintings are a language to be learned. When they were first shown, they were ridiculed as being just drips and splatters… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead." The pottery… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
