Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
Politics is activity in relation to power.
Politics is the art of controlling your environment.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Politics organizes our lives. We can't disregard it. Politics has lot of muck, lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you have to be away from it. It's ubiquitous.
There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback.
Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.
Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.