Art Quote by Jonathan Taplin

“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

“Art is not a democracy.”

— George R. R. Martin

I think art has a right — not an obligation — to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go on from…

— Geoffrey Hill

Art is not democratic. It is not for the people.

— Richard Serra

“art is self-sufficient and need serve no moral or political purpose”

— Walter Pater

Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

— George R. R. Martin

“Once you have hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s hard to know where to put it all. Art is transportable, unregulated, glamorous, arcane, beautiful,…

— Nick Paumgarten

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to…

— Hans Haacke

“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from sordid political…

— DeWitt Henry Parker

“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.”

— Elizabeth Catlett

“It is really one of the most serious faults which can be found with the whole conception of democracy, that its cultural function must…

— Mark Rothko

“[...] For the first time ever, images of art have become ephemeral, ubiquitous, insubstantial, available, valueless, free. They surround us in the same way…

— John Berger