D. H. Lawrence Quotes

Art remains the one way possible of speaking truth.

Art still has truth. Take refuge there.

Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before.

In art there is a need for truth, not sincerity.

Art is not truth; art is the lie which makes us see the truth.

Art is truth.

That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.

If nothing will finally survive of life besides what artists report of it, we have no right to report what we know to be lies.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

Commit to finding the true nature of art. Go for that thing no one can teach you.

Art has absolutely no existence as veracity, as truth.

Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection.

if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will be lost. The truth isn't always pretty.

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

My great longing is to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes in reality, so that they may become, yes, lies if you like - but truer than the literal truth.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else.

When you're telling stories, you are actually trying to illuminate some portion of the truth in an artful way. The story may immediately seem to be a lie, but it's like an impressionistic painting - you see the light and the color better than you would with a photo-realistic piece.

Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.