Art Quote by Mike Huckabee

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

— Dave Hickey

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 only way to eliminate any government choice on what art is worthwhile, what art isn't worthwhile, is to get the government totally out…

— Antonin Scalia

But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in…

— Stanley Elkin

Art can be political, but when it becomes politicized, the purity is ruined.

— Dana Loesch

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

— Adam Smith

As long as artists arbitrarily assume the right to decide what is or is not art, it is logical that the public will just…

— Leon Krier

What the work of art looks like isn't too important.

— Sol LeWitt

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the public's relationship to art has been weakened by a profound institutional reluctance to address the question…

— Alain de Botton

Art is meant to strike us with Reality, not allow us to hide from it.

— Elmer Rice

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

Basically, art should remain something that is complex, that has many layers, so there's always a possibility to reconsider things and have a different…

— Camille Henrot