Art Quote by Liam O'Flaherty

Art that imposes conditions - human or otherwise - on the receiver for its appreciation in my eyes constitutes aesthetic fascism.

— Lawrence Weiner

“. . . It comes down to that urge to fascism to know what’s best for people, to know that some people are of…

— Griel Marcus

Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand.

— Gunter Grass

The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society.

— Ben Shahn

We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are still puritan…

— John Updike

“We need to stop excusing mediocre and downright pernicious art, stop 'taking it for what it’s worth' as we take our fast foods, our…

— Anonymous

Savages and modern artists are alike strangely driven to create something uglier than themselves. but the artists find it harder.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

— Alan Parker

Fascism is fundamentally and at bottom an aesthetic conception, and . . . it is your function as creators of beautiful things to portray…

— Louis de Bernieres

The artist as an artist must be an anarchist

— Kurt Eisner

“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an…

— Lena Andersson

I really believe that art has to play a role in changing the moral direction. Mean, selfish people are in charge of the government…

— Steve Almond