Art Quote by Mona Hatoum

Art can't be compared with journalism; it can't deal with concrete issues.

— Mona Hatoum

I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its readers are…

— Joshua Mohr

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

— Isabel Allende

It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome…

— Robert Greene

To my mind, a journalist needs to espouse objectivity and distance, while a writer practises an art that is more free.

— Amitava Kumar

My mode as a writer is to layer different perspectives: the scientific, the philosophical, the political, the journalistic. When you layer them, you get…

— Michael Pollan

Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.

— Walter Darby Bannard

I continue to write essays about art. The visual is always part of my work, and it gives me immense pleasure to make up…

— Siri Hustvedt

I've always taken the view that works of art are not just things that we enjoy. They can convey truths about the world more…

— Roger Scruton

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

— Jill Soloway

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that…

— Kenneth Tynan

I like making art that's useful to people who have a harder road. Art is a tool to get through it; it's a tool…

— John Cameron Mitchell