Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!
Stranger in a Strange LandArtists are often the barometers of society.
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural CaptivityEvery portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
The Picture of Dorian GrayThe great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.
H.L. MenckenThe artist is a constructor of mirrors through which humanity can recognize their own beauty.
Manuela NicoliniArt is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
Oscar Wilde