"A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence. Such a nation would be crippled, one-armed, disabled diseased."

"Hands of an artist are to be kissed; those who are artists shall not kiss hands!"

"The Turkish nation is a nation of democracy."

"Religions have been basis of the tyranny of kings and sultans."

"The Turkish Republic must be free from every kind of foreign intervention and influence."