One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has done that. It's like a window and a mirror. You're looking through a window at lives you may or may not have experienced. But it's…

Quote by Diana Ossana

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Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's...

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's...

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

All good art is an indiscretion

All good art is an indiscretion

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good...

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to...

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to...

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.

Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.