"Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance."

--

Source : "Art in exile". TED conference, www.ted.com. December 2010.

Shirin Neshat

#Art Quotes #Culture Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.”
“My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.”
“If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take, we were normal people again.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.”
“Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body. If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young.”
“I come in a world of iron to make a world of gold.”

Source : "Man of La Mancha". Musical by Dale Wasserman and Mitch Leigh, 1965.
“You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.”

Source : "My wish: Three actions for Africa". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2005.
“Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. God sometimes sends a famine, sometimes a pestilence, and sometimes a hero, for the chastisement of mankind; none of them surely for our admiration.”

You may also like:

Annie Leibovitz
Photographer
Bill Viola
Video Artist
Cindy Sherman
Photographer
Kiki Smith
Artist
Louise Bourgeois
Artist
Pipilotti Rist
Visual artist
Shahrnush Parsipur
Novelist
Tavi Gevinson
Writer
Mona Hatoum
Artist