Sebastiao Salgado Quotes

I like to get people talking. I am a provocateur, and I do like getting on Twitter and riling people up. You know what, after a while some sane dialogue and sane conclusions come of that kind of thing.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

I think the point of art is to be controversial in a lot of ways. It's to cause conversations, and it's to get people excited about and talking about the things that the films are about.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

I think people have to read more and learn more about what's going on internationally.

My job is to generate discussion.

I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.

I want people to have conversations, to have controversy because it creates dialogue and builds bridges.

Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about it. This is the world we're living in, people don't want to discuss things that are actually worth discussing.

I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation - and potentially controversy.

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.

I spend an awful lot of time just thinking about what is going on in the world and talking to people about that. It's probably one of my default social activities, just getting dinners with friends.

Writers should provoke disagreement.

Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate.

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

There's so much to argue about. That was the goal with 'Really Really.' Somebody asked me once, 'How should I feel when I leave?' and I said, 'Hopefully, you're talkative.' I don't really care if you're happy or sad or loved it or hated it or hate me. The goal is that you have something to say, that you have a response.

… the debate of the understudies

You can't get so serious as to not realize that what we do is entertainment, but when you have the chance to provoke thought or advance discussion on a topic, it's just the icing on the cake.

I have to challenge the audience.