Ranbir Kapoor Quotes

Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.

I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity.

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.

All literature is political.

In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.

I don't feel that as an artist my job is to offer PR propaganda, whether for the good or for the bad.

Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't.

There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson and Mayor Giuliani recall the language used by the Nazis.

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.

I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.

Artists in Uniform

We do not fear censorship for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue—the same liberty that is conceded to the art of the written word, that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

I will not have the Federal Theater used politically.

Don’t listen to music that is degrading.

Hearts and Minds

People use the guise of art, and artistic expression, to do all kinds of hateful things. It's like Trump and everybody else using the guise of humor to say hateful things, the excuse being, 'I was just being funny.'

The second you feel a political imperative, it destroys your art.

Under Stalin, artists weren't dissidents; all they hoped was to survive and write.

In America, I don't think you have the creative freedom that I'm used to. Traditionally, it's a producer's cinema here.

I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.