Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.

All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.

We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such.

Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time.

Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

Part of being an artist is being able to write about the world you live in and the times that you've been a part of.

As artists, our primary function is not to be educators - but we are at a time in history, where for us, our history needs to give context for stories that we hope to tell down the road.

Art may not have the power to change the course of history, but it can provide a perspective on historical events that needs to be heard, even if it's seldom heeded. After all the temporary influences that once directed the course of history have vanished, great art survives and continues to speak to each generation.

Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age.

How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?

No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

I feel it's my social responsibility to shine a light on areas that don't get seen. My personal feeling is that it's an artist's responsibility to be engaged with the culture. And when the culture is going through turmoil, I think an artist can't ignore that. I don't feel that every artist has to be politically engaged, but I can't imagine that you can be an active participant of this culture and not in some way reflect that in the work you are creating.

We don't have to look back at da Vinci's work and Albert Einstein's work and Mozart's work. We're actually living in the time period that David Lynch is creating his art. We're so lucky.

It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.

I feel that art deals with issues way before any political organisation.

I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.

I think art always comments on the time and place it was created.

In life, we have two segments: arts and science. We need science to make our lives easier. But what do we live for? We enjoy life through arts. So it's an artistes duty to question the wrongs happening in the society.

All art is contemporary art because it had to be made when it was now.

It's extremely important that plays reflect contemporary times and should not just be about asking for social change without having any connect with the audience.

I believe, as artists, I do think we have a responsibility, and there's also a place for a lot of different artists. It is nice when music captures the honesty of the time but also what we're going through in that moment.

Earlier films were meant only for entertainment, but now filmmakers, who are products of these times, do not compromise on real stuff. That is why storytelling has become more convincing.

I think design is the expression of its time and culture.