“Nebraskans have very strong opinions, but we sit down around a table and we solve our problems.” ProblemStrongOpinionTablesSolveVery StrongStrong Opinions Author:Dave Heineman
“I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of audience expectation as some kind of thing that I should avoid.” WorldWayShouldKindArtSelfFeelingsAudienceCreativeExpressionIndustryExpectationsExcitedEngagementConstraintsSelf Expression Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I can't be a spokesman for anything other than my own concerns. I have to be free to wrestle with my own preoccupations, and if I'm bringing any political awareness to that process, that mitigates my freedom.” IfsI CanPoliticalProcessMy OwnAwarenessConcernPreoccupationPolitical Awareness Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.” FeelsImportantPoliticalLevelsIssuesIntellectualRelateDiscourseStorytellerIdeological Author:Ayad Akhtar
“Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.” HumansMeanHas BeensImportantUnderstandingInquiryWhat It Means To Be Human Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I feel like that religions generally ask the biggest questions. They may not always have the best answers, but they're the zone of human activity that regularly asks the biggest questions.” FeelsHumansMayAsksAnswersActivityZoneHuman Activity Author:Ayad Akhtar
“Sooner or later we've all got to confront the reality that we have got to come to understand who we are and what we're doing, and the extent to which we are guided or manipulated by forces that are beyond our control.” RealityForceWho We AreSooner Or Later Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I don't feel that as an artist my job is to offer PR propaganda, whether for the good or for the bad.” FeelsJobsArtistOffersPropaganda Author:Ayad Akhtar
“Fashion is a mysterious energy, a visual moment-impossible to predict where it goes.” MomentsEnergyImpossibleFashionMysteriousVisuals Book:The Woman I Wanted to Be Source: The Woman I Wanted to Be