Bans Quote by Andrew Ryan

“[Censoring] knowledge, telling people what they must think and what ideas are impermissible, which lines of evidence may not be pursued, is the aperture…

— Carl Sagan

What censorship accomplishes, creating an unreal and hypocritical mythology, fomenting an attraction for forbidden fruit, inhibiting the creative minds among us and fostering an…

— Judith Crist

“It is impossible to stand for intellectual freedom without grappling with censorship.”

— Frances M. Jones

“And that's the most horrible thing about censorship: To avoid falling afoul of the censors, we question ourselves and censor ourselves and make a…

— G.R. Reader

Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.

— Anonymous

“It is embedded so deeply in the private lives of our more public shifts that we can forget it is there until a poet…

— Sarah Lewis

“Like water leaking slowly through a dike to become a steady trickle or a flood, words and ideas inexorably elude the censor's grasp. (Banned…

— Margaret Bald

The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the…

— George Bernard Shaw

Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'

— Salman Rushdie

“A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization. Everyone is hypnotized by production and comfort -- sewage system, elevator, bathroom, washing machine. This state…

— Tom McDonough

The creator's concern is the conquest of nature. The parasite's concern is the conquest of men.

— Ayn Rand

Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of…

— Semir Zeki