Shirin Neshat Quotes
- Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives.
- Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful
- In this Western world that we have, culture risks being [only] a form of entertainment.
- I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do…
- Art is our weapon. Â Culture is a form of resistance.
- Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this…
- There is nothing negative about a group of people crying out for democracy - and if my voice counts, I will be vocal.
- Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are defined by politics.
- The first years of my life in the U.S. were very difficult.
- My father was a doctor, but he was what I would call an intellectual - very well-read and very interested in knowledge. He insisted that…