Maxine Greene Quotes

Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.

I do believe that painting can change the world.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

How can art make a difference in the world?

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.

Art is not meant to change the world, but when you see people interacting, when you see an impact on their lives, then I guess in a smaller way, this is changing the world. So, that's what I believe in. That's why I'm into creating more and more interactions.

We cannot change public life until we have changed private life.

It is terrific to be involved with changing people's perceptions, and the world is changing.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

Poetry can change the world, just like any art can change the world, by changing consciousness. Of course this was the great slogan of the nineteen sixites hippies’ revolution—enlarge the area of consciousness, which quite often was done by psychedelic means.

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.

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.

The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.

The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.

Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.

You write in order to change the world.

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world

You cannot change the world if you don't change your own world first.

If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

Only changed people can change the world. Start with yourself.

We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.

Any form of art is a form of power.