We have art in order not to die of the truth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.
It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.
The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art.
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.
When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art.
There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life.
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.