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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."

H. L. Mencken on Art

More quotes about Art

  • "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

    Albert Einstein on Art

  • "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

    Vincent Van Gogh on Art

  • "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

    Abraham Lincoln on Art

  • "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

    Aristotle on Art

  • "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

    Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by H. L. Mencken

  • "The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."

  • "Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age."

  • "Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him."

  • "A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in."

  • "Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them."

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