Art Quote by Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

When there are monsters there are miracles.

— Ogden Nash

The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try to define…

— Jimmy Carter

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

— Oscar Wilde

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists.

— Dave Hickey

There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

— Adam Smith

Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.

— Richard Eyre

Without monsters and gods, art cannot enact a drama.

— Mark Rothko

The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live in a…

— Joseph Plaskett

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable.

— Kurt Vonnegut

All art is propaganda.

— George Orwell

Even a true artist does not always produce art.

— Carroll O'Connor

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

— Michel de Montaigne