Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

Bottom line, I have to follow what my soul says, or my spirit. And my spirit said that poetry and the arts should be without borders, should be without political borders.

Art transcends cultural boundaries.

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

Can that make any sense - a Belgian artist living in Mexico and working in Afghanistan?

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression.

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

Movies don't have borders.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world.

The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.

Art should have no nationality and between artists we should be able to develop complete reciprocity. We need emotional outlets in this country and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as a nation.

Let a hundred flowers blossom and let one hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land.

Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place.

You should be able to be influenced by art no matter where it comes from.

I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.

Music and dance is universal, and I want to break borders and represent.

I have learned to create from a hybridized point of view. It's an asset - something rather liberating.

There are no borders in poetry and language.

The freer a society becomes, the freer its arts can flourish and be exported.

Art is a unifying language for all of us from across the world, and it transcends boundaries.

I believe that music is an international language and deserves to be heard all over the world.

I am very happy that Japanese film can cross borders.

It's awesome that we can make more and more movies that are crossing boundaries.

I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

Music's free and music's for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades.