The quote "Art is for the artist, his speech, his way of communication" was said or written by Bernhard Smith.
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TOTAL BS — Verdict: False
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The Short Version
The attribution is not supported by the available evidence. Reliable biographical, archival, and scholarly sources on Bernard/Bernhard Smith do not contain this quote or credit it to him, and the supporting material relies only on broad similarities to common ideas about art as communication. A specific quotation claim requires direct attribution, which is absent here.
Caveats
No authoritative source in the record reproduces the exact quote or attributes it to Bernhard Smith.
The claim may conflate different people named Bernard/Bernhard Smith, creating a substantial misattribution risk.
General discussion of art as communication is not evidence that this precise wording came from the named person.