"There arose a belief in style – and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art."
― Douglas Sirk
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Politics
― Douglas Sirk
More From Douglas Sirk
- "In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics – an almost frozen idea of what beauty is."
- "I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley."
- "And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble."
More In Politics
- "For too long, we have focused on our differences – in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs – rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together."― Bob Riley
- "In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always."― Walter Savage Landor
- "There is no gambling like politics."― Benjamin Disraeli