Politics Quote by Gregg Hurwitz

“Art is long, life is short. Unless your funding is f%$ked, in which case all our days are numbered.”

— Whoopi Goldberg

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists.

— Dave Hickey

“If [modern artists] hadn’t lobbied for endless subsidies, they would have starved or been forced to go to work long ago. Because the ordinary…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Bureaucracy is a huge beast; deeply rooted, it exists even among artists; it’s an almost losing battle against it.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!”

— Robert A. Heinlein

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

— Oscar Wilde

The only way to eliminate any government choice on what art is worthwhile, what art isn't worthwhile, is to get the government totally out…

— Antonin Scalia

I think it is wrong to balance the budget on the backs of local government.

— Nina Turner

Government shouldn't try to dictate what art looks like or what it portrays. Last thing we want is government screwing it up, which is…

— Mike Huckabee

Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.

— Joe Bradley

“... when people are getting poorer, and children are growing more hungry and sick all around you, it is simply not enough for an…

— Kazuo Ishiguro