Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful - Shirin Neshat

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What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has gone down considerably.

Shirin Neshat

Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful

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Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance.

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Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My art, without denying repression, is a testimony to unspoken female power and the continuing protest in Islamic culture.

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I find that through the study of women, you get to the heart - the truth - of the culture.

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We're either awake or we're sleeping. During the time that we're awake, we work very hard at denying things, mainly because we have to function as people. We have to control and repress everything that we're fearful of, because it doesn't make sense to go crazy on the streets, but in reality we hide and we hide, repress and repress, our fears of the world of violence, of separation, of death, and sometimes hopes, and some things that are very joyful, reunions or all of those good things. It's only in dreams that we're really truthful with whatever hurts most; they're really very real.

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Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives.

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Henry David Thoreau

I often accuse my finest acquaintances of an immense frivolity; for, while there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we donot teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual; however, for we do not habitually demand any more of each other.

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Peter Duesberg

The whole dissident idea attracts a lot of crazies. And then all of a sudden, without realizing it, you've become one of them.

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Vestal McIntyre

When you grow up in a place (whether as a child or an adult) you squeeze everything out of it. You need so much when you're young.

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Johnny Ramone

Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.

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