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Fair Game Quotes

On what artists can take on, and what fame opens up to everyone else.

These fair game quotes argue that almost anything on the human palette is open territory for artists, with one speaker adding that no one is obligated to watch what they don't want to see. Another turns the idea inward, describing their own life, including a tough Childhood in Brooklyn, as fair game for public comment.

Anything that exists on the human palette is, from my point of view, fair game for artists to portray. You don't have to go see it if you don't want to, so don't go.

Quotes by Tobin Bell

My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town called Hollywood where people love to trample you to death. I don't relax because I...

Quotes by Susan Hayward

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

Quotes by Peter Berg

As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the media soup.

Quotes by Michael Azerrad

Believe Quotes

So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do...

Quotes by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'fair game' mean in these quotes?
It generally refers to subjects or people considered open to public comment, criticism, or artistic treatment, whether that's a topic an artist wants to portray or a public figure's own life story.
Is there a quote about art having no real limits?
Yes, one speaker says anything that exists on the human palette is fair game for artists, adding that viewers can simply choose not to look if they'd rather not.
Do any quotes describe a difficult personal history?
Yes, one speaker describes an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn and a hard climb in Hollywood, framing that whole story as fair game once you're in public life. Our Childhood quotes cover more stories like this.
How does becoming an author change someone's relationship to being 'fair game'?
One quote explains that a journalist is usually not the subject of a story, but writing a book flips that, turning the author into fair game, just another ingredient in the media conversation.
Are these quotes mainly about creative freedom or about celebrity scrutiny?
Both themes appear. Some quotes defend total creative freedom for artists, while others focus on what it feels like to become the subject of scrutiny once you're a public figure.

A journalist-turned-author also weighs in, noting that becoming an author suddenly makes you the subject rather than just the one reporting. For more on pushing creative limits, see our Exercise quotes, or explore Believe quotes for related convictions about art.