„Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.“

— Paul Valéry

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„Politics is a great art. It succeeds at convincing the people that they have to pay for what has been stolen from them.“
— Andrzej Majewski
„Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.“
— Paul Valéry
„I don't take art as seriously as politics.“
— Orson Welles
„People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.“
— James Joyce
„Art can no longer afford to be contemptuous of politics, and it appears to be time politics took a little instruction from art.“
— William Saroyan