Art Quote by H. L. Mencken

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

— Bruno Dumont

Our role as artist is more controversial now because there are those, claiming the absolute authority of religion, who detest much of our work…

— Barbra Streisand

There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks…

— Vaclav Havel

An artist should be as impartial as God.

— Wyndham Lewis

Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the piper calls…

— Walter J. Phillips

Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.

— William Blake

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible…

— Keith Haring

I have always believed and still believe that artists who live and work with spiritual values cannot and should not remain indifferent to the…

— Pablo Picasso

“Art cannot be excused from following God’s law, and art disgraces itself by seeking that freedom. Anything that cannot be put into an image…

— Abraham Kuyper

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

— Chinua Achebe

I feel that America is essentially against the artist, that the enemy of America is the artist, because he stands for individuality and creativeness,…

— Henry Miller

There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice...In the end, I don’t think we can separate art from overall human…

— Adrienne Rich