Remarks at Amherst College (26 October 1963)
1963
“The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.”
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
Remarks at the Dedication of the Thomas J. Dodd Archives and Research Center in Storrs, Connecticut http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=50654&st=tyranny&st1=destruction, October 15, 1995 <br class="br">1990s
Gerhard Richter (1932) German visual artist, born 1932
Notes, 1962; as cited on collected quotes on the website of Gerhard Richter: 'on Art' https://www.gerhard-richter.com/en/quotes/art-1 <br class="br">1960's
Naum Gabo (1890–1977) Russian sculptor
As quoted in: Fred Kleiner (2008) Intl Stdt Edition-Gardner's Art Thru/Ages: Globl Hist. Vol.2, p. 949
1918 - 1935, Realistic Manifesto, 1920
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…
The Dignity and Importance of History http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/dignity-history.html (23 February 1852)
“No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Meditations. xi. 10.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form.”
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)
12 August 1846
Correspondence, Letters to Madame Louise Colet
Edward R. Murrow (1908–1965) Television journalist
Speaking as the Director of USIA, in testimony before a Congressional Committee (May 1963) http://pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org/?page_id=6
Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
Alan Moore on Anarchism (2009)
Context: I suppose any form of art can be said to be propaganda for a state of mind. Inevitably, if you are creating a painting, or writing a story, you are making propaganda, in a sense, for the way that you feel, the way that you think, the way that you see the world. You are trying to express your own view of reality and existence, and that is inevitably going to be a political action—especially if your view of existence is too far removed from the mainstream view of existence. Which is how an awful lot of writers have gotten into terrible trouble in the past.
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2003, A Vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people (March 2003)
