Quotes About Controversy

I have friends who are trans advocates, and they were upset that Jared Leto played a trans person.

I'm not sure whether a person can really gauge the quality of his work by the enemies he's made, but if I somehow upset Hamas and the Taliban and Henry Waxman, I must have done something right.

If police are upset about an individual wearing pig socks, they need to understand why those socks exist in the first place.

You know, I had grown up standing on public sidewalks, saying things that people, you know, were very provoked by and were upset by. And - but standing outside that first soldier's funeral, it was eerily quiet.

A lot of people get upset by any protest - people taking a knee during the national anthem or raising a fist. As if we're being disrespectful. Or rude to the national anthem or to our soldiers, you know what I'm saying? It's deeper than that.

In the Eighties I was brash. I said things and it upset a lot of people.

It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboarding. And that to me doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't aspects of those subjects that are funny, it just means that people are too uptight.

I don't know Greg Schiano personally. But what I do know is Bill Belichick has vouched for him. OK? Urban Meyer has vouched for him. He's coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a professional organization. So many people have vouched for Greg Schiano. Now, all of a sudden, Tennessee is too holy that they don't want Greg Schiano?

Urban Meyer's had a winning record. Really phenomenal record everywhere he's been. But also, controversy follows everywhere he's been.

Ever since the romantic comedy-drama 'She's Gotta Have It' antagonized black women and black men in 1986, Spike Lee's films have enjoyed the outrage of various groups.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

If a work of art or a new style disturbs you, then it is probably good work. If you hate it, it is probably great.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

We'll surely stop the work of all western Christian and eastern religions, and also Islam.

The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness.

The only way to succeed is to make people hate you. That way they remember you.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

There's nothing wrong with provocative art work: I even look forward to the day when I can take pictures which will disturb even me.

Who's gonna give me a TV show? I didn't work for an impeached, disbarred President who was held in contempt by a federal judge. That's what they look for in objective reporters.