Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

Cultural goods … are the source of the Nation's identity, continuity and development.

I just love what art can do and what it means for us; that it can cross barriers. It can speak to us across space and time and culture.

I truly believe that music or art, in general, is the only thing that can unify a world that is plagued by war and violence, and I believe that it should be taken to more people.

Music, many times, around the world, serves to help us understand other people without having to talk.

Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?

Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on earth to the point where we are now ready to wipe ourselves off the earth. But I think that all the arts are needed, and sports too, and cooking, food, and all these different ways of communication. Smiles, looking into eyes directly, all these different means of communication are needed to save this world. But certainly a great melody

We can understand each other with music without words - and that's so important in these times when walls are built. In music, there are no walls.

The more film festivals, theatrical shows, and music performances and visual arts we have, the less chances there are for war. Art is hope, and it is found in hope, and that's why we need to share our experiences and cherish art.

With so many ways to communicate at our disposal, we must not forget the transformative power of a live music experience and genuine human exchange.

Every country is different, every league is different - all the culture.

Honestly if I had the time, I would love to learn every language in the world. I love connecting to people. If I can't do it through language, I will try to do it through my music.

That's what art is about: to create dialogue. Everybody deserves to have their own opinion.

Maybe one day, I will go to Pakistan and meet these fans who like me and my work. At the end of the day, we are all the same, and meeting my fans there is something that I have on my mind.

I've always felt the easiest way to get to know new culture is through its food even if you don't speak the language. Food will do it for you. It's an universal language.

What I've realized is that the joy of meeting and greeting people from all around the world is universal.

Working with different people anyway is like life and meeting different people... as long as you can be empathetic, you can take a bit of them on and see what you can do to help their process. That said, my relationship with Woody Allen was trying to hang on his every word so that I could tell everybody what he said afterwards. But certainly, he was a very good example of somebody who you didn't hear talk above a very low volume for the entire time he was on-set.

We think that this is just our world and we don't know what other people are thinking. Music actually is a phenomenal connector in that respect. It's a special language that defines certain boundaries and connects people in a particular way, a very emotional way, I have found.

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.

Music can be the bridge to understanding, but people have to get some knowledge.

Art civilizes us and it connects us and activates us. And so it's really important to connect with compassion, with stories about people who are different from us.

I have spent many years trying to recover a common language, one that can cross the distance between people.

The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.