Beauty is much more intimidating than brutality. Edi Rama More Quotes by Edi Rama More Quotes From Edi Rama I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics. Edi Rama color artist giving Peace is brittle and a big burden on our shoulders so we need ... concrete help from the European Union and the European Commission, we can get more support together than on our own, to maximize the gains for our peoples. Edi Rama support together peace Our world is defined by the pace of change. We can all change the world. Edi Rama changing-the-world our-world pace I believe we shall put them in new houses in 2020, in better housing than they had. Edi Rama environment Compromise in colors is grey. Edi Rama colors grey compromise For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city. Edi Rama colors hope challenges art I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them. Edi Rama problems political sometimes believe Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved. Edi Rama deep think freedom problem In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art. Edi Rama artist love life art Politics has come to resemble a cynical team game played by politicians, while the public has been pushed aside as if sitting on the seats of a stadium in which passion for politics is gradually making room for blindness and desperation. Edi Rama game passion politics team When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world. Edi Rama people-say yourself people world I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change. Edi Rama i-am politics artist change Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect. Edi Rama i-am good ignorance change I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently. Edi Rama see me politics people
