Art Quote by Martha Rosler

There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists…

— Athol Fugard

“The principle which protects personal writings and all other personal productions, not against theft and physical appropriation, but against publication in any form, is…

— Glenn Greenwald

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

Certain artists can get away with certain things. Certain things are acceptable for certain people. It's a difference.

— Nelly

“Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the people, and ours is no exception.”

— James Baldwin

“Most rules are made by people with no authority who want to control and limit you from reaching your true potential. Ignore them, break…

— Dan Pearce

“Rules for a group always violate individual rights.”

— Sheldon B. Kopp

...the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given… if it does exist, it exists to be used against…

— Pablo Picasso

“Article 19 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this…

— International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

“Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he…

— United Nations

“What is it in the human condition that tries to impose our own view onto others, without the ability, capacity, propensity, to receive somebody…

— Wim Wenders

“Discretion can be abused, and rulebooks are important safeguards against that. But the balance has shifted too far in the direction of an obsessive…

— Richard Dawkins