It is the glory and good of Art That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth to mouths like mine at least.

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.

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth wisdom is dying out.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.

Art has a double face of expression and illusion just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

What I've discovered is that in art as in music there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.

It is no great art to say something briefly when like Tacitus one has something to say when one has nothing to say however and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

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.