Art Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the…

— Thomas Jefferson

American art ought to be monumental, in keeping with American life.

— Gutzon Borglum

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

— Raoul Dufy

I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

— Sholom Aleichem

Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.

— Gutzon Borglum

Government shouldn't try to dictate what art looks like or what it portrays. Last thing we want is government screwing it up, which is…

— Mike Huckabee

Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces, like a loft, which itself is something very American.

— Renzo Piano

I think there's the apparent lack of subtlety and sort of make-believe anti-sensibility connected with American art. I think this is a style, and…

— Roy Lichtenstein

There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in…

— Robert Henri

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

— Steve Earle

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes…

— Charlton Heston

I just feel that art is more important than ever, that art is something that can unify us, that can make America stronger.

— Hector Tobar