Art Quote by Philip Roth

Satire is the disease of art.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

— Molly Ivins

The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry,…

— Tom Lehrer

Satire is meant to have teeth; satire is meant to be dangerous. But it also happens to be fun because subversion and telling the…

— John Cusack

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

— Herb Caen

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind…

— Jonathan Swift

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

— Vladimir Nabokov

Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

— Anita Brookner

Satire is tragedy plus time.

— Lenny Bruce

Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.

— John Dryden

Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it.

— Mike Yaconelli