Achievement Quote by Walter Legge

I think that democracy has a lowest common denominator thing going on, so it might be the best of a bad bunch of political…

— Grayson Perry

Art is not a democracy, in fact art is the enemy of democracy

— Gore Vidal

Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

— George R. R. Martin

“It is really one of the most serious faults which can be found with the whole conception of democracy, that its cultural function must…

— Mark Rothko

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

— Ronald Reagan

Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.

— Eugenio Montale

Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artist's power should be spiritual. But the power of the majorityis material. When these worlds meet…

— Paul Klee

Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artists power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds…

— Paul Klee

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

— Lech Walesa

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

— Antonio Tabucchi

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

— Benito Mussolini

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to…

— Hans Haacke