--- title: "2 Art Is Dangerous Quotes By John Boorman" description: "2 Art Is Dangerous quotes by John Boorman. Plus more from John Boorman and more Art Is Dangerous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/john-boorman-22660_art_there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-soc_311268.jpg" --- > [There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film. And all art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-society-certainly-in-america/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/john-boorman-22660_art_there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-soc_311268.jpg) > [All art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is always making us reassess our thoughts and feelings about how we relate to other people. There are always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/all-art-is-fundamentally-subversive-because-it-upsets-people-s/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/john-boorman-22660_art_all-art-is-fundamentally-subversive-beca_2459659.jpg) ## More by John Boorman > [What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-is-passion-it-is-surely-the-becoming-of-a-person-are-we-not-for/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-we-need-is-someone-to-abolish-the-house-of-lords-get-rid-of-the/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-was-in-japan-and-my-assistant-director-had-worked-with-kurosawa-i/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [And you poor creatures--who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/and-you-poor-creatures-who-conjured-you-out-of-the-clay-is-god-in/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-society-certainly-in-america/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/black-and-white-gives-you-that-sort-of-parallel-world-also-it-s-very/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [There's always been this strand of filmmaking in Britain which is like socialist neo-realism. That's always been there. I've never been part of that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/there-s-always-been-this-strand-of-filmmaking-in-britain-which-is/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/the-more-extreme-and-the-more-expressed-that-passion-is-the-more/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [I'm trying to suggest a kind of Middle Earth, in Tolkien terms. It's a contiguous world; it's like ours but different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-m-trying-to-suggest-a-kind-of-middle-earth-in-tolkien-terms-it-s-a/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/when-actors-are-being-defensive-and-defending-their-position-that-is/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-look-at-the-story-i-look-at-the-idea-and-just-try-to-think-of-it-in/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [All the interesting films are now being made by their subsidiaries for very low budgets. But the studios are not making money. They're making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/all-the-interesting-films-are-now-being-made-by-their-subsidiaries/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/it-s-so-easy-to-manipulate-an-audience-but-it-s-nearly-always-clear/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [In the '60s and '70s it was a great period for American films because studios were still run by individuals who worked off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/in-the-60s-and-70s-it-was-a-great-period-for-american-films-because/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) > [What is passion? Passion is surely the becoming of a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-is-passion-passion-is-surely-the-becoming-of-a-person/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-is-dangerous/john-boorman/#itemlist", "name": "2 Art Is Dangerous Quotes By John Boorman", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film. And all art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. 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