Art Quote by Josh O'Connor

Using the word ‘political’ in the widest possible sense. Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other peoples’ idea of…

— George Orwell

I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.

— Barbara Kingsolver

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

— August Wilson

Art can be political, but when it becomes politicized, the purity is ruined.

— Dana Loesch

Art should not be a tool of politics, but sometimes art can help make the political climate more open and help society become more…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society…

— Wadada Leo Smith

The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.

— Toni Morrison

Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics. Which after all really comes to the…

— Ingmar Bergman

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political…

— Barry Jenkins

I feel that art deals with issues way before any political organisation.

— Daniela Vega

The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.

— George Orwell

I’ve come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics.

— John Luther Adams