Scott Rudin Quotes

At this point, in 2008, if you put out a book, a movie, or write a verse, paint a painting, it should have some sort of social value.

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

If you're going to spend two or three years of your life working on something, you've got to be making the kind of movie that discusses and influences the culture and is engaged in the world you're living in.

Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured.

I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say.

Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.

The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is.

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.

Art can end up answering questions or asking questions. But when it's not connected to actual movements, it doesn't ask the right questions.

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

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

Comics could use more creators with something worthwhile to say.

All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda.

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

As a political artist, I think you have to learn how to create art, no matter what your ideology is.

I don't think it's an artist's responsibility to be political all the time. I think your first responsibility as an artist is to make music that people will listen to and enjoy. However, I think that when you are able to say something that is moving and put it in a great song, then that is even better.

Contemporary art will never achieve the audience of football, pop music, or television, so I think we should stop comparing its possible area of influence to that of big mass-media events.

The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.

But I don't think as film-makers it is our responsibility that every time we make a film we should be saying something. If you are entertaining people, that's more than enough.

I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society.

The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence.

Thinking about the artists I've loved through the years, my favorites are the ones who've made music with cultural, societal and political significance.