Condemning art as manipulative is a non sequitur, of course. All art is manipulative.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't.
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are the ones whose eyes light up thinking, 'Oh, yes, I want some of that!'
Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
All art is but imitation of nature.
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.