Flannery O'Connor - Art Quotes

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Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

Flannery O'Connor

No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made.

Flannery O'Connor

There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of saying a thing becomes a part of what is said, every work of art is unique and requires fresh attention.

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The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it.... If you manage to use it successfully for social, religious, or other purposes, it is because you make it art first.

Flannery O'Connor

Art transcends its limitations only by staying within them.

Flannery O'Connor