Dario Fo Quotes

All good art should be political, I think, and inevitably it all becomes political really, in one way or another.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives.

I have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we wouldn't consider overtly political are political. When we spend time doing anything, whether it's distraction or whether it's something that we have to face, it is always political. That's my belief.

Art is such an important part of our culture.

But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

Cinema is a reflection of its own society.

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.

For me, writing, drawing, and political activism are three separate pursuits; each has its own intensity. I happen to be especially attuned to and engaged with the society in which I live. Both my writing and my drawing are invariably mixed up with politics, whether I want them to be or not.

All literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can get in the way of imaginative literature...

In the world today all culture, all literature and art belong to definite classes and are geared to definite political lines. There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes or art that is detached from or independent of politics.

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.

My films are a reflection of the society I live in, what I see and observe.

Without art, you don't have society. It underpins so much.

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics - in fact, heaven forbid. But politics is a totally legitimate area of focus for any art, whether it's painting or songwriting or anything else, as much as sex is, as much as spirituality is, as much as any other behavior of people is.

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

We live in a world of crisis, of challenge, and... it's in our galleries that we can unpack the civilizations that we're seeing the current manifestations of.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.