Art Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A.

— Robert Heinlein

“Art is not a democracy.”

— George R. R. Martin

“And don’t forget that it is the press, the pulpit, and the university that mould public opinion, set the thought-pace of the nation. As…

— Jack London

“If we citizens do not support our artists then we sacrifice our immagination on the altar of cruel reality & we end up believing…

— Yann Martel

“If we, citizens do not support our artists, then we sacrifice out imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing…

— Yann Martel

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we…

— Alice Walker

“If you are an artist who pays too much attention this system and its politics, you are in deep trouble because you have become…

— John Seed

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Art is not a mobocracy. It’s a republic.”

— Richard Powers

“Look, I don't see why bad artists - I mean artists who are obviously incompetent... - why they should be presented hypocritically as good…

— Anthony Burgess

“Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.”

— Ivan Fernandez

Artists should agitate and democratize their own work, but they should also work to democratize the arts themselves.

— Daniel H. Pink