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Chinua Achebe on Art as a Form of Citizenship: Lessons in Creativity as “Collective Communal Enterprise” from the Igbo Tradition of Mbari
“There is no rigid barrier between makers of culture and its consumers. Art belongs to all and is a ‘function’ of society.”
Einstein on the Political Power of Art
“Nothing can equal the psychological effect of real art — neither factual descriptions nor intellectual discussion.”
Art, Atheism, and the Freedom of Expression: Frida Kahlo’s Searing Protest Letter to the President of Mexico
A spirited defense of “public freedom of expression and opinion, the means of progress of every free people.”
The Great Naturalist John Burroughs on Art, the Courage to Defy Convention, and the Measure of a Visionary
“The new man makes room for himself, and if he be of the first order he largely makes the taste by which he is appreciated, and the rules of art by which he is to be judged.”
W.H. Auden on the Political Power of Art and the Crucial Difference Between Party Issues and Revolutionary Issues
“In our age, the mere making of a work of art is itself a political act.”
James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe’s Forgotten Conversation About Beauty, Morality, and the Political Power of Art
“Those who tell you ‘Do not put too much politics in your art’ are not being honest. If you look very carefully you will see that they are the same people who are quite happy with the situation as it is… What they are saying is don’t upset the system.”
How an Artist is Like a Tree: Paul Klee on Creativity
“Nobody would affirm that the tree grows its crown in the image of its root. Between above and below can be no mirrored reflection.”
Salvation by Words: Iris Murdoch on Language as a Vehicle of Truth and Art as a Force of Resistance to Tyranny
“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
Create Dangerously: Albert Camus on the Artist as a Voice of Resistance and an Instrument of Freedom
“To create today is to create dangerously… The question, for all those who cannot live without art and what it signifies, is merely to find out how, among the police forces of so many ideologies… the strange liberty of creation is possible.”
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