"An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Art, Creativity, Freedom, Expression

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"An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear."

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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Art, Limitations, Thinking

"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Truth, Critics, Authors

"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Art, History

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Art, Life, Time, Creation

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Art, Husband, Job

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Art, Poetry, Love, Emotion, Expression

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Poetry, Perception, Vision

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Art, Man, Medicine, Sickness

"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

Art, Truth

"Sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it is their duty to do the interpretation."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Art, Interpretation, Duty, Expression, Communication

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"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

Parenting

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

Health

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

Society

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

Technology

"Some people respect some people only because some people respect them."

Respect

"Poverty does not always prevent a rich person from dating someone who is poor, unless the man is the one who is poor."

Poverty

"It was masturbation, not willpower, that made it possible for gazillions of women to walk down the aisle with their reputation and their hymen still intact."

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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

"History develops, art stands still."

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."

"Sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it is their duty to do the interpretation."

Explore more quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

"A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water."

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

"Some people respect some people only because some people respect them."

"Poverty does not always prevent a rich person from dating someone who is poor, unless the man is the one who is poor."

"It was masturbation, not willpower, that made it possible for gazillions of women to walk down the aisle with their reputation and their hymen still intact."