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Truthfulness Quotes

I have played hell somewhat with the truthfulness of the colours.

Bernard Zurcher, Vincent van Gogh (1995). “Vincent Van Gogh: art, life, and letters”, Thunder Bay Pr

The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery (1975). “Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections”

In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.

Seamus Heaney (2014). “Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996”, p.429, Macmillan

The inability to lie is far from the love of truth.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.245, Penguin

Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.

"Did 9/11 Make Us Morally 'Better'?" by Miroslav Volf, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 7, 2011.

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.

Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.140, Hackett Publishing

We are being very nomadic with the truth, yes?

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Dodie Smith (2017). “I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition”, p.260, St. Martin's Griffin

... love given without free will or truthfulness wasn't love at all.

Cassandra Clare (2012). “City of Lost Souls”, p.490, Simon and Schuster