Azar Nafisi Quote

Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory women's dresses, writes burlesque for factory theatres, does a hundred other useful tasks. Art is as usueful as bread.

Reading Lolita in Tehran (ed. Penguin UK, 2015) - ISBN: 9780141982618