A Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
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Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
We're not choosing the art, the art is choosing us. The pieces are choosing the walls where they hang.
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
Choosing between the 50 m and 100 m is like choosing between your children. I have favourites on different days.
I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You'd be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavors.
The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to sacrifice all the you could possibly have, be, or do; you must be willing to go all the way for your art. If it is a question between choosing between your life and a work of art -- any work of art -- your decision is made for you.
The art of the compromise, which was the art of politics, is no longer valid. Compromise needs to be between citizens, not between Republicans and Democrats.
Emancipatory politics always consists in making seem possible precisely that which, from within the situation, is declared to be impossible.
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a way it maybe isn't in American fiction. Your work of art becomes fashionable the moment it has some kind of political commentary. I think this has its dangers - the equation between fashion, politics, and art is problematic for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, the notion of politics as being de rigueur in the world of fiction is almost unthinkable. In fiction in America at the moment, the escape into whimsy is far more prevalent than the political.
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best
If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.
If politics is the art of the possible, theatre is the art of the impossible.
Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.
Many novelists say, "I'm not a political novelist" - myself included. That's a standard, even a default position. Whereas that divide between art and politics simply isn't possible in many countries. In Hungary, you couldn't be a fiction writer and then, when asked about politics, put your hands up in the air and say "But I'm not a political novelist." If you're a Chinese novelist, a novelist in a country where censorship is such an issue, how do you claim that politics has nothing to do with your writing? It's in your writing, it's shaping your words.
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