“Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are de...” — Shirin Neshat Quote

“Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are defined by politics.”

“I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it's not aggressive or overly didactic. I'm trying to find that form.”

“Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.”

“The philosophical question before us is, when we make an observation of our track in the past, does the result of our observation become real in the same sense that the final state would be defined if an outside observer were to make the observation?”

“Makeup is a very delicate thing for me - I've got sort of defined features, so I don't like to do too much contour, as it can be a bit severe.”

“I always defined myself in terms of my talkativeness, and being without a voice hits me in a number of ways.”