Catie Curtis Quotes

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

Art should walk a tightrope. That's what art should be. Art should be dangerous. You can't be scared to say something with it. People love to talk about how comics are real art and real literature, so why not use these characters to talk about real things, even if it is dangerous?

All good art should be political, I think, and inevitably it all becomes political really, in one way or another.

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.

I'm a sort of political person, and I feel that there's a kind of ineradicably political dimension to theater, to all theater, whether it's overtly political or not.

Music is always a commentary on society.

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.

Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work - through my work - is really thrilling.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

I think as the world changes, we have to keep up. We have to note what is happening, and I think writing has always had a powerful corrective influence and possibility. We have to write about what's good, and we also have to write about parts of our culture that are not good, that are not working out. I think it takes a new eye.

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.

When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.'

Music should never be harmless.

Satire doesn't effect change.

I feel as a singer and musician, it's my responsibility to talk about social issues, and you will hear about them in my music as well.

There's this zeitgeist happening, and people are more open to 'Sorry to Bother You' being a hit with 'Get Out' being out there. But that zeitgeist is also happening because of the movements going back to Occupy and Black Lives Matter. Usually, film is years behind. It just so happens that, this time, everything is lining up.

It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome and pushes against stuff.

Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.

Art is activism.

If people are coming to 'Hamilton' to leave their politics behind, you came to the wrong show.

There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.

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.

The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it.

Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.

I love all kinds of stuff. I really am so eclectic in my taste. I love film noir, I love thrillers, and I love big blockbuster popcorn cinema stuff, but I like it when it's twinged with a bit more social consciousness.