Art Quote by Lionel Trilling

“Bourgeois do not even suspect that we serve them our hearts. The race of gladiators has not died: every artist is one. He amuses…

— Gustav Flaubert

The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, culture. It's an old ploy of the…

— George Grosz

“I have treated many artists. There are among them many neurotics, so many that one finally comes to believe that one cannot be an…

— Paul Tournier

Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.

— Cesare Pavese

Artists are a free society's greatest advocates and its best bulwarks. Their triumphs are civilization's triumphs.

— Andres Serrano

If you look at how great artists of the past, like Beethoven, for example dealt with art and morality, you see that there was…

— Tariq Ramadan

In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightfully discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I defend the…

— Cornel West

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

— Bruno Dumont

One can do good things without being very much of a harmonist or a colourist. It is sufficient to have a sense of art…

— Paul Cezanne

In place of an intensive cooperation among artists, there is a battle for goods. Hatred, partisanship, cliques, jealousy, and intrigues are the natural consequences…

— Wassily Kandinsky

“Even the most sacred things are not to be honored before the Devil has had his say against them. But since the evil advocate…

— Anonymous

“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