“In the thirties a whole school of criticism bogged down intellectually in those agitprop, social-realistic days. A play had to be progressive. A number of plays by playwrights who were thought very highly of then - they were very bad playwrights - were highly praised because their themes were intellectually and politically proper. This intellectual morass is very dangerous, it seems to me. A form of censorship.” PlayWholeSeemsSchoolFormSocialNumbersDangerousIntellectualCriticismThemeProgressiveRealisticCensorshipPlaywright Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I believe it is dangerous to think that the more extreme forms of censorship are more worthy of our attention. If we put all our effort into looking for the splinter in Turkey or China's eye, we may fail to recognise the plank in our own.” ThinkingBelieveEyeI BelieveEffortAttentionFailingDangerousWorthyCensorship Author:Moddi
“There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film. And all art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is always making us reassess our thoughts and feelings about how we relate to other people. There are always people who fear that and want to suppress that.” PeopleArtBookFeelingsFilmReligiousDangerousPerceptionArt IsUpsetCensorshipGood ArtZealot Author:John Boorman