Acrobat Quote by Jean Lorrain

Statues are one of the ways I try to test the traditions of European culture against the most modern destructive forces. I often make…

— Tony Harrison

Although it is hard to see why any sensible authority would feel threatened by the peaceful expression of one's point of view, there is…

— Nazanin Boniadi

“Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I think statues are great; they show what great people would look like if a bird sh*t all over them.

— Demetri Martin

“It remains the professional Orientalist's job to piece together a portrait, a restored picture as it were, of the Orient or the Oriental; fragments,…

— Edward W. Said

“When you are still and thoughtful you are as lovely as the statues they are carving in Italy.”

— Philippa Gregory

In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to…

— Elizabeth Peyton

“Behind every work of art lies the enormous pretension of exhibiting one's vision of the world. If such obvious arrogance is not counterbalanced by…

— Amélie Nothomb

“Art, though, is never the voice of a country; it is an even more precious thing, the voice of the individual, doing its best…

— Eudora Welty

“There is a great promise for our cultural growth, but this promise is achieved only when our artists recognize that all great art has…

— F. Sionil Jose

All art is a form of artifice.For in art there can be no prejudices.

— Arthur Symons

“Almost every artistic nature is born with a revealing connoisseurial tendency that appreciates injustice so long as it results in beauty and applauds, even…

— Thomas Mann