Cornelia Otis Skinner Quotes

I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth.

I think art is much more valuable when it's honest. If it's not honest, it's just propaganda.

Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There is something ancient. We know that art is about beauty, and therefore it has to be about truth.

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.

Drawing is the honesty of the art.

Honesty in art inspires and moves me. I am passionate about creating truthful experiences as much as I love being the spectator to a brilliant body of work.

"The way I feel about music -- any song, any style -- is that there is no right and wrong, only true and false. If the music and lyrics are conceived out of honesty and if the production of the song goes along with its original message, then what has been expressed is art, regardless of what anyone's opinion is of it. So things are a lots impler if you just tell the truth.

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

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

If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you're going to have.

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.

All good art is an indiscretion.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

It's not always about huge giant commercial success. It's about art.

I love writing about things I know, and I like to be very honest in my music.

My thing is to try to tell the truth as honestly as possible. For me, the weight is, how can I tell the truth through fiction, the best that I can?