Accepted Quote by Billy Bragg

The very function of creativity, of the elaboration of the human condition only enlarges the human spirit and, I mean, as a writer I…

— Wole Soyinka

The views I have, the books I write, are read as political, or even as manifestos.

— Olga Tokarczuk

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

— Howard Nemerov

These pictures possibly give rise to questions of political content or historical truth. Neither interests me in this instance. And although even my motivation…

— Gerhard Richter

There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything.

— Aaron Dessner

What people in the U.S. have to understand is that there is sometimes a deep political content in my work that's rooted in the…

— Liam Gillick

Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content.

— Melvin Van Peebles

I write about the human condition, as a South African. I sometimes see South Africa with the spectacles of the past and there will…

— John Kani

Here's the problem with downplaying the radical nature of decommodification: when you empty something of political content, politicians are free to wield symbols as…

— Ash Sarkar

The idea of political content is irrelevant. Content is irrelevant. I always tell my students, "Never forget you're writing words! You know, word one,…

— Dave Hickey

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.

— Billy Bragg

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.

— Billy Bragg