Munira Mirza

In capitalist terms, art is a global marketplace and artistic labour is too.

— Munira Mirza

I think Londoners welcome a spectacular event.

— Munira Mirza

Government policies to improve engagement with Muslims make things worse.

— Munira Mirza

The politically correct illiberal left far too often side with the extremists.

— Munira Mirza

London can be a platform to look at what living in contemporary Britain is all about.

— Munira Mirza

I think that there is a tendency to underestimate the public.

— Munira Mirza

Being falsely accused of racism is, at best, unpleasant and at worst, can destroy a career.

— Munira Mirza

I have met people who have received E.U. funding and regretted it.

— Munira Mirza

The 'Shoreditchification' of certain areas, although it's seen as a negative by some, has actually been very positive for parts of London.

— Munira Mirza

Britain has lots of celebrities who are well known and admired today, but we don't seem to have any heroes.

— Munira Mirza

There needs to be more schemes to help young people build careers in fashion, like apprenticeships.

— Munira Mirza

Religiosity amongst younger Muslims is not about following their parents' cultural traditions, but rather, their interest in religion is more politicized.

— Munira Mirza

There's a lot of concern that London is changing and artists are being forced to move to new areas.

— Munira Mirza

We need to have a view that culture has a value in itself, not just in terms of a social and economic…

— Munira Mirza

We give money to the E.U. and they give it back according to the priorities they choose, with an unelected group of…

— Munira Mirza

We want young people to get every opportunity to experience culture, to understand it and to think it is for them.

— Munira Mirza

At the same time women are putting on the headscarf, they are also going to work, to education, increasingly vocal in the…

— Munira Mirza

Too often, it is presumed that young people will only like art that they can immediately relate to. Working-class students may be…

— Munira Mirza

Stop and search has a controversial history and has not always been carried out professionally by individual officers. Liberal-minded people are right…

— Munira Mirza

The idea that Veronica Wadley has no artistic credibility is just crazy. She has a strong reputation and when she was editor…

— Munira Mirza

Public art is a unique type of art. It's very different to gallery art because it is something that we pass by…

— Munira Mirza

Of course, when people work together, there can be tension and disagreement. But policing informal behavior makes it hard for people to…

— Munira Mirza

Sectarian political festivals are not the way Londoners want their money to be spent. Most of us, I suspect, just want to…

— Munira Mirza

Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline…

— Munira Mirza

The political elite prefers to see criminals as victims in need of therapy and TLC.

— Munira Mirza

For many there is a degree of constancy in our culture; London won't let you down.

— Munira Mirza

Oxford is a very special place. You really sensed the value of a good education there.

— Munira Mirza

We could all do with a little more courage, frankly.

— Munira Mirza

Culture is the glue that really binds, especially in cities with fast-growing populations.

— Munira Mirza

I don't think a good education should be confined to a privileged few.

— Munira Mirza

We need to keep telling people that London is great place to buy and to shop.

— Munira Mirza

A well-run, well-stocked library with access to great books as well as the Internet is essential.

— Munira Mirza

I've argued for a much less instrumentalist politicized approach, freeing up the arts and enabling them to deliver high-quality projects.

— Munira Mirza

There's been a kind of inverse snobbery about culture. I get the feeling some people would look at Shakespeare and say, that's…

— Munira Mirza

After Brexit, we need to design a modern and fair immigration system which attracts talent and investment from the E.U. and the…

— Munira Mirza

A hero usually rises above the ordinary because he or she exemplifies some virtue that everyone can recognize.

— Munira Mirza

A contemporary artist like Grayson Perry is brilliant partly because of his expert knowledge of art history, not despite it.

— Munira Mirza

London's top colleges attract the best young talent from around the world; they're truly a national asset.

— Munira Mirza

We are the most visited city in the world - and they're not coming for the weather. Culture is one of things…

— Munira Mirza

As a transplanted northerner, London has always signified big-city glamour and cosmopolitanism. It's part of what drew me here after university.

— Munira Mirza