Art Quote by Mona Van Duyn

The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political.

— Scilla Elworthy

Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

— Rachel Kushner

There is a thin line between politics and theatricals.

— Julian Bond

The truth is that a lot of plays aren't political at all. In American theater history, political theater has tended to crop up when…

— Frank Rich

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find…

— Richard Eyre

A play's got to be a dramatic event, not a lyrical event. It's not music, it's not poetry, it's not dance, it's not narrative…

— Romulus Linney

Any play that makes an audience think out of the box, that makes connections to life and names our pain and by doing so…

— John Lahr

The truth is that sometimes art may not exactly reflect one's personal politics, but the story, the drama, the thing you're trying to say,…

— Tim Minear

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

— Dario Fo

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible…

— Stendhal

We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true.

— Edwin Land

Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be…

— Harold Pinter