“You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing.” IfsArtFilmNamesViolenceEffectsHonestCrimeTelevisionArt IsSeriesBeing Honest Author:Michael Haneke
“The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.” MenArtDifferentCountryAmericaOpinionGreaterHonestPoliticianArt IsConscienceEnglandDemocraticTechniqueInstanceNervesStrainScandalPublic OpinionHonest ManDisdainKnavesDifferent CountriesVirtuosity Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary. It's not about me. It's about being part of something.” FeelsArtImportantStoriesActingHonestArt Is Author:Ezra Miller
“The art is about opening, it is not about prejudice, it is not about contempt prior to investigation. It's about endlessly trying to keep from having contempt by admitting that you don't know. Even if you know a lot compared to some other people, usually, I think, the honest experience would be: "God, how little I know! And how much I need to have compassion for myself and for other people."” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsTryingLittlesArtWould BeCompassionHonestArt IsPrejudiceOpeningContemptInvestigationAdmitting Author:William Hurt
“I should think that many of our poets, the honest ones, will confess to having no manifesto. It is a painful confession but the art of poetry carries its own powers without having to break them down into critical listings. I do not mean that poetry should be raffish and irresponsible clown tossing off words into the void. But the very feeling of a good poem carries its own reason for being... Art is its own excuse, and it’s either Art or it’s something else. It’s either a poem or a piece of cheese.” ThinkingShouldMeanArtReasonFeelingsBreakPiecesHonestPoetArt IsPainfulExcuseCriticalCarrieVoidConfessionCheeseClownIrresponsibleManifestos Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“Most people don't like to be confronted with an actual fact-of-life because it's difficult to metabolize. A painting of a bowl of fruit is much easier. It's for the same reason why we don't like going to the doctor. The diagnosis and x-rays are too honest. This is what creates the perception that contemporary art is shocking or suspicious.” PeopleLifeArtReasonFactsDifficultHonestPaintingEasierPerceptionArt IsDoctorsFruitContemporaryReason WhyRaysBowlsShockingSuspiciousDiagnosisFacts Of LifeContemporary Art Author:Adamo Macri
“Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might long to be straightforward, these virtues are no longer available to him. He discovers that in being simple, honest, straightforward, nothing much happens.” LongArtMightHappensWishDifficultSimpleVirtueHonestArt IsAvailableStraightforward Author:Donald Barthelme