Dorothea Lange Quotes

Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

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

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count.

I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but to make sure that everything I tell is true, as I understand it. And to use the eloquence which my language affords me.

Lying and art are very allied. But after you lie, you get to the truth.

Every kind of writing is hypocritical.

All I want is the truth, just give me some truth

The language of truth is unvarnished enough.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.

It's not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don't take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you're trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There's no objective reason why they're right. They just sound right to me.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.

The only thing you can really say in a poem is what you really, really deeply believe.

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

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

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

Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?