Art Quote by Roger Ebert

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now we have something to look down on. (Of Television)

— Billy Wilder

Much to my chagrin, I think that cinema has gone the wrong way in America because in many ways, I pioneered the use of…

— Rob Nilsson

I think that cinema and the arts are central in our lives because we grow up and learn about the world through our exposure…

— Forest Whitaker

The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in…

— Alex North

Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different…

— David Mamet

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.

— Richard King

Inasmuch as it's a culture, cinema is the only thing at our disposal with which we can recognize ourselves in today's images. As an…

— Serge Daney

I'm very aware of how much movies, literature and art affect culture. They are a reflection of the world around us and they are…

— David Oyelowo

And also, that's the kind of wonderful thing about film culture, is the interaction between films and who works on what, where they were…

— Anton Yelchin

The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish…

— Tyler Cowen

The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing…

— Brian Cox

The film culture has no room for ideas. The literary culture has some room, but not less than they should, and the academic culture…

— Richard Linklater