Quotes About Artistic

Making your own records is really satisfying in the sense that you more or less get to do what you want. It may not sell or whatever, but on an artistic level, the only people that you really have to fight with are the people in your own band.

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.

Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style.

There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records.

If somebody feels that a certain recreation fits into their film or a particular song fits into the film, I think that is the reason those songs are picked.

I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver album!' I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.

I consider I've had a good day when, among the lines I've written, I've produced from my innermost core what I call 'the appearance of the pearl.' That could refer to a discovery, a sense of harmonious cohesiveness, or something like that.

It is an honor for me to accept the position of men's artistic director for Louis Vuitton. I find the heritage and creative integrity of the house are key inspirations and will look to reference them both while drawing parallels to modern times.

Some filmmakers make films to please themselves and a handful of critics, so they get 5-star reviews but their films don't run at the box office. I make films for the masses.

I think what we do best, in the artistic world, are the things where we're handicapped.

There are a lot of things that we want to show people, and if you try to show everything about us in a single album, it's a burden for us - and it's a lot for people to handle and accept.

I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different.

I love making handmade gifts.

I have a playlist for every project that I do. I made one for 'Handmaid' before I got the job.

Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it down.

I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up with creative parents and around creative people, many of whom live with anxiety. My mum would sometimes say that it was a beautiful thing, and that it would come in handy when making music - and it's made me a more empathetic person.

I'm an actor, not a writer. I'd be pretty annoyed if the writers tried to come in and hang over my shoulder telling me how to act, so I don't go in and tell them how to write.

My parents were artists, bohemian, hanging out a lot.

'Hannibal' is not reality; the whole show is not reality. It's heightened reality: they want music the entire time.

There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.

Making movies is hard for me. Being on set is very trying. I'm not good at being that communicative for that long. Editing is where I'm happiest.

When you make something that you're really proud of, and it doesn't do well, you can live with it. The hard part is when you make something that you have to compromise on and it doesn't do well.