Art Quotes

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"The real work of art is not in the product but in the process of making it."
Kathy Acker
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"The most honest art reveals the artist's complicity in the systems she critiques."
Kathy Acker
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"Writing requires that you betray others and yourself in service of the truth."
Kathy Acker
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"Art is not decoration; it is a way of knowing and being in the world."
Kathy Acker
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"The act of writing is an act of self-discovery."
Rosario Castellanos
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"Art is the language of what cannot be said."
Rosario Castellanos
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"Art is the language we use when words become insufficient."
Elena Garro
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"The most honest writing comes from our deepest wounds."
Elena Garro
"Writing is an act of rebellion against oblivion."
Gioconda Belli
"Art is the language of those whom power has rendered voiceless."
Gioconda Belli
"Art is the language when politics fails."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The artist must mirror society's shadows."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The magic of words lies in their truth."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The artist speaks for those denied a voice."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
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"Art is the voice of those without power."
Mariano Azuela
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"Art challenges what we accept as normal."
Mariano Azuela
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"To write is to bleed on the page."
Rosario Castellanos
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"The artist bears witness to injustice."
Rosario Castellanos
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"Art is the conversation between the artist and the infinite."
Rosario Castellanos
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"The artist's task is to awaken souls from their slumber"
Rubén Darío
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"Art is the conversation between the soul and infinity"
Rubén Darío
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"Art is not decoration; it is the voice of those who have been silenced."
Nellie Campobello
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"Dance is the language of the body when the voice is stolen."
Nellie Campobello
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"Art transcends the boundaries that politics creates."
Nellie Campobello
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"To document suffering is to honor those who suffered."
Nellie Campobello
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"Art is the testimony of the living and the voice of the dead."
Nellie Campobello
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"In the midst of war, culture is resistance."
Nellie Campobello
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"To dance is to assert your right to exist and to be seen."
Nellie Campobello
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"To write is to rebel against silence and forgetting."
Elena Garro
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"Art survives where empires crumble."
Elena Garro