Kay Kay Menon Quotes

I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that.

You often forget, because you're so inside it, that television has power.

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

I really do believe that art changes the landscape of the world.

I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

I believe in the sacred mission of art to change history.

I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.

Film is a tool of change.

Cinema is not only about making people dream. It's about changing things and making people think.

I think TV, at times, is incredibly regressive, but I guess with the way few people are ready to experiment, the progressive streak has slowly crept in.

It can't change anything immediately, but films can absolutely be catalysts for conversation.

Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to keep moving in the world, and that's what film does, at its best.

Sometimes you wonder if television is really affecting the culture.

We have the ability to change people's minds and hearts - that's what we want to do with theatre. That's what theatre does... period.

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

What most of us must be involved in--whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do--has to not only make people feel good and inspired and at one with other people around them, but also has to educate a new generation to do this very modest thing: change the world.

Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there. And I think if they take up this role seriously and link it to the kind of changes were wish to bring about in our country they could be a tremendous help.

Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.

Film is such a powerful medium. It can really affect change; you can affect so many different people in different ways.

Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it.