Art Quote by Maggie Nelson

Cruelty signifies rigor, implacable intention and decision, irreversible and absolute determination,

— Antonin Artaud

Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress.

— William Blake

Art, in fact, can be nothing but violence, cruelty and injustice.

— Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Human cruelty knows no limits and that one needs immense courage and a will of iron to help others understand that animals are made…

— Brigitte Bardot

Cruelty, as a fine art, has attained its perfect flower in the trained-animal world.

— Jack London

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

— Thomas Hardy

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

— Jodie Foster

Is cruelty a moral judgment if it is fundamental to forms of life? Who is man to say that the workings of nature, and…

— Charles Lindbergh

Cruelty is a mystery, and a waste of pain.

— Annie Dillard

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.

— Jodie Foster