Answer Quote by Shirin Neshat

I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country's asked me to to something, and do it.

— Jon Bernthal

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

— Abbas Kiarostami

I hope I will always have the ability to create art and live in a world where I can speak freely, and I can…

— Madonna Ciccone

I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

— Barack Obama

I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted…

— Marjane Satrapi

To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest…

— Pico Iyer

If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.

— Abbas Kiarostami

As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.

— Patti Smith

I would wake up at night and think, 'What the hell have I gotten myself into? You don't want to do that!' But you…

— Richard Artschwager

We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run for office,…

— Condoleezza Rice

I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

— George W. Bush

I've made enough jokes about Iran's leadership that I'm sure if I showed up that I would get a nice escort - to the…

— Maz Jobrani