We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is the lie that makes us realise the truth

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that reveals the truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is the beautiful illustration of Truth from the creative imagination. The truth is in our life and unless it comes from the formlessness to the form we do not realize it.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art lies because it's social.

Art possesses the formidable tool of . Take, for instance, theatre. Theatre, by convention, agrees to be fake; thanks to this convention, which is innocuous, it can tell the truth. Art can tell the truth, because it is a transfigured language which doesn’t claim to possess divine truth; with its ability to transform relationships, it can address even the most terrible issues, exploring them without being destroyed by them. But artists have to be conscious of their role.

Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

Art is the illusion of disorientation, the illusion of liberty, the illusion of presence, the illusion of the sacred, the illusion of Nature. ... Not the painting of Buren, Mosset, Parmentier or Toroni.... Art is a distraction, art is false. Painting begins with Buren, Mosset, Parmentier, Toroni.

Italo Calvino said the artist reveals that bit of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie. Art is all about the art of lying. The artist’s imperative is to create a supreme fiction, a lie that, paradoxically, discloses a truth. It's precisely this kind of paradox that Calvino and Fellini adored.

The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.