The policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science ; it is designed to enable a socialist culture to thrive in our land. (Mao Tse Tung)
There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts--- wealth and property ---- wealth I said, and property; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence and the other meanness and viciousness and both of discontent. (Plato)
A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public, The public is to him non-existent. He has no poppies or honeyed cakes through which to give the monster sleep or sustenance. (Oscar Wilde)
The art world is a jungle echoing to the calls of jealousies and ruthless combat. Fighting tooth and nail for pictures comes as a form of relaxation to me. (Armand Hammer)
