We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
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Related We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that ... PABLO PICASSO We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth ... PABLO PICASSO We all know that art is not the truth, art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. PABLO PICASSO Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. PABLO PICASSO Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. PABLO PICASSO Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth. PABLO PICASSO Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. PABLO PICASSO Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth PABLO PICASSO Art is not a metonym for truth telling. All art is a form of a falsifying; otherwise why would anyon... KILROY J. OLDSTER Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art, if it be art, will te... D.H. LAWRENCE The Kafka paradox: art depends on truth, but truth, being indivisable, cannot know itself: to tell t... FRANZ KAFKA We don't know all the truth! We only know all the lies! ANTHONY T.HINCKS All religions, in their pure form, will tell you God is Love. And power, fear, division, judgment, o... THE TRUTH When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus. Then your focus direct... THE TRUTH The 'all for me and only me' mentality is the most destructive force on earth. THE TRUTH When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus. Then your focus direct... THE TRUTH We need not fear death, for it is simply the next phase of life. We never die, we simply change form... THE TRUTH Any perceived 'rejection' is simply a 're-direction'. THE TRUTH Without awareness, every one of us is at risk of living trapped, an unfulfilled trace of our self, b... THE TRUTH I didn't care for humans at 16 and it hasn't gotten any better. They say one thing and do another. I... BOBBY W. MILLER The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma. JOHN MAEDA A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies. ALFRED TENNYSON What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there'... LADY GAGA It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageo... AGONA APELL It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to m... ROBERT BROWNING We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. JOHN F. KENNEDY We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY It is the glory and good of Art That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth - ... ROBERT BROWNING Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. THEODOR ADORNO Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. THEODOR W. ADORNO At the root of every large struggle in life is the need to be honest about something that we do not ... DEB CALETTI The real truthfulness of all works of imagination, sculpture, painting, and written fiction, is so p... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. JOHN TAYLOR "THE WATER POET" Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. If you say you will lead a people to a new age then do it, but don't hide behind your laws as an exc... DEAN IBERHYSAJ It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ... DEAN IBERHYSAJ We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link that makes us like god. All ... BETHANY JANE ANDREWS HOEY We are committed to speaking the truth, ... We must continue to tell the truth about the street if t... RUSSELL SIMMONS Truth hurts the most when you know the least of it and realize what is. ANDONI GARCIA Jesus made waves. He spoke the truth, did the truth, lived the truth. Maybe that's the secret to fre... JUSTIN STECKBAUER if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will b... STEPHEN KING Truth has power. And if we all gravitate toward similar ideas, maybe we do so because those ideas ar... DAN BROWN In the lie of truth lies the truth. DEJAN STOJANOVIC All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie? FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Love will kill us all." He said sadly. "First it makes us lie furiously so we can be what me must in... JESSICA SHIRVINGTON But tales like this must not be taken as truth. You must remind yourself that it is hard to tell whe... ARLENE J. CHAI The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack u... WILLIAM PETER BLATTY The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's... ABBAS KIAROSTAMI In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. UNKNOWN TRUTH." "Maybe there is a universal truth embedded in everyone's soul. Maybe we all have the sa... DAN BROWN It is obvious that the concept of truth has become suspect. Of course it is correct that is has been... POPE BENEDICT XVI All I have to say is what you know already, to confirm what you already know of the message of the P... YUSUF ISLAM You must know that a person’s ability to discern the truth is directly proportional to his knowled... LIU CIXIN Why do you lie" I ask her. "To block the truth." Fair enough. Naomi goes on. "Where d... RACHEL COHN If we expect to “know” the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, we may have a hard ... ERIK PEVERNAGIE If the truth refuses to speak out,but decides to employ nemesis to catch up with the lie,then it may... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD [The] certificate of authenticity ... The work of art described on this certificate is an authentic ... PRINCESS CRUISES The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is re... HERBERT MARCUSE When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete. VACLAV HAVEL Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo... LILY TOMLIN There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The ... RAYMOND CHANDLER Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Humans believe so many lies because we aren't aware. We ignore the truth or we just don't se... DON MIGUEL RUIZ Sychophancy is the art of deceiving another by not telling him the whole truth & also deceiving your... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The best art is not always the most popular art, and the most popular art is never truly the best ar... SUZY KASSEM There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The ... RAYMOND CHANDLER We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not... KATHRYN HARRISON Young people," McDonald said contemptuously. "You always think there's something to find out." ... JOHN WILLIAMS Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know JOHN KEATS The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there ... WINSTON CHURCHILL To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid ... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were i... H. L. MENCKEN It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were i... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN We are hidden in ourselves, like a truth hidden in isolated facts. When we know that this One in us ... RABINDRANATH TAGORE We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter ... DENIS DIDEROT Life's irony;The truth lovehate the lie because, the lie makes it exist & also makes it temporarily ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The truth is an ambition which is beyond us. PETER USTINOV A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Beauty is truth, truth beauty, --that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. JOHN KEATS Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know JOHN KEATS I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never lie when the truth is more profitable. STANISLAW JERZY LEC Even Expressing Truth while we speak TRUTH is an ART ASHISH SOPHAT 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. JOHN KEATS He who cannot lie does not know what the truth is FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE In life, if you don't know the truth, then you can't be free, because then you'll believ... NICK VUJICIC Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. A lie is my attempt to tamper with the truth so that I need not face the truth. Yet as shrewd as I t... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Yes, if truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the tru... RAVI ZACHARIAS Life's Irony;The truth lovehates the lie because,the lie makes it exist & also makes it to temporari... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Knowledge isn't the issue, it's what you think you know that's not the truth. RICK PRICE We have art in order not to die of the truth. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. If you are in doubt, you are close to the truth DR.MOHAMMED FAIG ABAD ALRAZAK Three things can not be hidden; The Sun, The Moon, and The Truth. BUDDAH Truth is a tendency. R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; no... W.E.B. DU BOIS
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