Art And Morality Quotes

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. — Vladimir Putin

I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality. — Donald Judd

Science cannot destroy the consciousness of freedom, without which there is no morality and no art, but it can refute it. — Isaiah Berlin

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. — Pierre Corneille

I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways — Shane MacGowan

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. — G.K. Chesterton

In morals, always do as others do; in art, never. — Jules Renard

Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may ... — Robert Herrick

The goal is for your fans and followers to have a consistent brand experience. Use the same logo, color palette, and fonts on every platform. — Michael Hyatt

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. — D.H. Lawrence

It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is not that of the policeman. — George Bernard Shaw

Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia. — W. Somerset Maugham

The only time we stopped having nightmares was while we slept. — Jonathan Dunne

Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art. — Peter Shaffer

The moral life of man forms part of the subject matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. — Oscar Wilde

Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Smudge your eyeliner. It creates a smoky effect. — Monica

As Oscar Wilde once wrote, "Morality, like art, means drawing a line somewhere." The question is: where is the line? — Dan Ariely

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. — Oscar Wilde

The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description. — Jules Amedee Barbey D'Aurevilly

The supreme morality of art is to endure. — Stanley Kunitz

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us. — Henry Fielding

The morality of art is in its very beauty. — Gustave Flaubert

Rhetoric takes no real account of the art in literature and morality takes no account of the art in life. — Joseph Wood Krutch

Mahoney: You have to live. Mr. Magorium: Darlin' ... I have. — Suzanne Weyn

We need religion for religions's sake, morality for morality's sake and art for art's sake. — Victor Cousin

But you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. — William S. Burroughs

Logic rests on the axiom that existence exists. Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification. — Ayn Rand

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. — Huston Smith

I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. — Jennifer Stone

There should be no argument in regard to morality in art. There is no morality in nature. — Auguste Rodin

The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature. — Gustave Flaubert

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement. — Ann Landers

You had the morning together. He painted your half-naked body, the lucky sod. Had that been my job, your pretty clothes would ne'er have been crafted. — A.G. Howard

Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence. — Georges Braque

Clear skin, a manicure, a couple dead zombies, and then fame! — Faith McKay

A hard penis has no conscience. — Matthew Hardy

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. — Gilbert K. Chesterton