Dee Rees Quotes

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

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

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.

It's easier to make art for a society at a certain point in time with an understanding of what's going on.

In the eighteenth century, it was ladies and gentlemen and swings in a garden; today, it may be Campbell's soup cans or highway signs. There is no real difference. The artist still takes his everyday world and tries to make something out of it.

I think art can reflect tragedy.

Art has to be reflective of our society.

We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.

I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.

Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.

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.

The role of art in society is not to resolve conflicts; rather, it is to express these conflicts and antagonisms.

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

I think a lot of times, the historical piece is often a way to comment on the present.

I never try and send messages through my feature films; it's always naturally woven in and comes through on its own, as that's the way I think about society.

As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't all speak to general cultural statements.

Art is observing society around you, representing it through your eyes.

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

Roja,' 'Bombay' and 'Dil Se' weren't planned as political films. It was a phase India was going through and these things affected me and found their way into my work.

I think it's the job of the artist to reflect the times and also reflect his or her views of the world.

When horror films are made in times of political strife, I think they're not made with an instinct to add to the chaos but to bring shape to it.

My music reflects the time on which we live, both in terms of arrangements, as well as in the subjects treated in the lyrics.