If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for. (Salman Rushdie)

If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.

Salman Rushdie

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