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“I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more.”

Should Artist Freedom Progress Conservative Believer Monk

Book:The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull

Source: The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull

“We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He freed us from all restraints which the idea of copying naturally placed on our painter's instincts. All artists are now free to express their own personality.”

Has Beens Art Ideas Artist Freedom Personality Art Is Instinct Passionate Painter Works Of Art Sensations Restraint Caricatures Copying

Author:Maurice Denis

“There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.”

Artist Freedom Being An Artist Renegades

Author:Cornelia Parker

“The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression.”

May Made War Ends Artist Culture Growth Freedom Expression Industry Argument Being The Best Paradox Censorship Freedom Of Expression

Author:Michael Kimmelman

“The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.”

Want Artist Freedom

Author:Walter Darby Bannard

“The reason artists show so little interest In public freedom is because the freedom They've come to feel the need of is a kind No one can give them they can scarce attain The freedom of their own material.”

Needs Giving Feels Kind Littles Reason Shows Government Artist Interest Freedom Materials Scarce

Book:The poetry of Robert Frost

Source: The poetry of Robert Frost

“Art is what you can get away with.”

Art Artist Freedom Creativity Art Is Get Away Pop Art

Author:Andy Warhol

“The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.”

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Author:Paul Robeson

“There is no must in art because art is free.”

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Book:Concerning the spiritual in art

Source: Concerning the spiritual in art

“Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only in their works.”

Artist Freedom Interesting Liberty Vision Talent Taste Independence Sentiments

Book:Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

Source: Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

“An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.”

Art Artist Freedom Genius Please Dare

Author:Andre Malraux

“Rules serve no purpose; they can only do harm. Not only must the artist's mind be clear, it must also be free. His fancy should not be hindered and weighed down by a mechanical servility to such rules.”

Should Mind Purpose Artist Freedom Clear Harm Fancy Servility

Author:Federico Zuccari

“The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future.”

Doe Artist Freedom Vision Focus Inspire Negative Aspect Revolutionary Capitalist

Author:Pablo Picasso

“Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors?”

Ifs Thinking Art Spirit Artist Sides Freedom Art Is Definitions Oppressed Oppressors Shuddering

Author:Edith Wharton