Cartoon Quote by William Hogarth

“I want to proceed as Raphael did and never paint another image of torture.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

— Archilochus

In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.

— Maggie Nelson

Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without.

— Rue McClanahan

“Indeed, people speak sometimes about the ‘animal’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to animals, no animal could ever be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

— Thomas Hardy

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

— Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.

— Jodie Foster

Cruelty, as a fine art, has attained its perfect flower in the trained-animal world.

— Jack London

Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.

— George Herbert

When I have used cartoon images, I've used them ironically to raise the question, 'Why would anyone want to do this with modern painting?'

— Roy Lichtenstein

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.

— Jodie Foster