Ambiguous Quote by Lawrence Lessig

Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect.

— Jerry Saltz

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

— Dana Loesch

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

— Jasper Johns

I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge…

— John Berger

I think that what art can do is refresh our sense of justice, wake us up to what we've taken for granted in the…

— Robert Hass

Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give…

— Raf Simons

Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.

— Meher Baba

“I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that art has often judged the judges, pleaded revenge…

— John Berger

I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of…

— Rachel Kushner

Art as a political gesture is committed to making something beautiful, and then understanding what beauty is in your own time, because what we…

— Pat Steir

But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in…

— Stanley Elkin

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