Art Quote by Penn Jillette

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.

— Teller

What one person might see as violent, someone else may see as beautiful. Maybe even art.

— Jon Glaser

I think that art is an act of violence, and the more emotionally engaged you are in a piece of art, the more violent…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

“Humans have terrible passions that can go either way: create or destroy, it all depends on where they emerge. Art is not a tranquil…

— Jessica Zafra

My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves, the insects…

— Francis Bacon

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

— Duke Ellington

I really like violence in writing and films.

— Limmy

Most of the art I have is more on the beautiful side than the violent or disturbing side.

— Agnes Gund

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

— Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Seeing images of violence - it's always about how somebody's going to kill you.

— Ann Patchett

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