artistic licence 

a distortion or complete ignorance of the facts; a lie

describes the freedoms artists (or writers, film makers, etc) take with the facts in the process of creating; disregarding facts for the sake of the art

When a book is made into a movie and parts are left out or changes are made -- the film makers are using artistic licence

The movie Titanic - the sinking of the Titanic is a real event in history but the characters in the movie are fictional. The writer took a real event and used artistic licence to create a story.

artistic licence by wikidbchofthewst October 24, 2006

artistic license 

See poetic license.

They really are the same thing.

artistic license by Kenthar April 1, 2004

artistic license 

Any choice made in the production of anything the artist calls art.

"So I took a bit of artistic license, okay? It's called "Queen Kong Lear", about an apewoman who feels unloved by her sons. If Shakespeare were alive today he'd totally love it."

artistic license by Monkey's Dad March 10, 2020

autistic license 

Using a genuine diagnosis of autism, or the pretext of being autistic, to be excused from behavior considered socially unacceptable.

Most people would be expelled for shitting on the cafeteria floor, but he got off with a mere suspension by using his autistic license.

autistic license by Erik9000 September 4, 2018