Our cultural industries are our biggest export, our biggest manufacturing base. Every pound spent on art education brings disproportionately large returns. It’s the biggest bang for our buck. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In fact, the more you put in, the greater the successes for the U.K. economy. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too. Ziggy Marley Read Quote
At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major. Jimmy Smits Read Quote
If y,ou do buy shoes from wherever you like wear the hell out of them, and go to your cobbler when the heels go and get them reheeled for a few quid. Aisling Bea Read Quote
Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance. Kehinde Wiley Read Quote
It took me a long time to square with the fact that none of my experiences are typical – I’m not a typical American, but I’m also not a typical Muslim. G. Willow Wilson Read Quote
Even in Haiti, I saw John Wayne movies. American cinema has always been the dominant cinema throughout the world, and people tend to forget that. People aren’t just seeing these films in California or Florida. They’re seeing them in Haiti, in Congo, in France, in Italy and in Asia. That is the power of Hollywood. Raoul Peck Read Quote
The basic premise of math is about efficiency. And when you’ve got racism, sexism, and bigotry, that’s just standing in the way of efficiency in our own progress. Glen Powell Read Quote
I do get text messages from people with sick jokes on when something terrible has happened. I don’t read them; they make me ill. But it does happen, and I’m sure I’m not the only person who gets them. Harry Redknapp Read Quote
One thing that I think works in ‘Casablanca’ and which I’ve lectured a lot about – in terms of what I’ve been trying to achieve as a designer – is the film’s creation of its own form of reality. Ken Adam Read Quote
