Ibid., p. 232
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A arte mente porque é social
“In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.”
Robert McKee (1941) American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters
Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
“There's no such thing as autobiography, there's only art and lies”
Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer
Source: Art and Lies
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Love art. Of all lies, it is the least untrue.”
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)
“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”
Kakuzo Okakura book The Book of Tea
Source: The Book of Tea
“Behind every work of art lies an uncommitted crime”
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
“.. poor art for poor people [his critic on social realism art in America]”
Arshile Gorky (1904–1948) Armenian-American painter
Source: posthumous, Astract Expressionist Painting in America, p. 6
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
H. Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British physician, writer, and social reformer
“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”
1460a.19
Poetics
Variant: It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
