Quotes About Artistry

I'm a great believer in not over-thinking lyrics. You might become technically better as a songwriter, but you lose what originally made your songs great.

Even today I work with Niall O'Brien, who is far more technically astute than I am, but I still have the clearest idea of every detail I want in my photograph.

I realized you can be the dopest producer technically, but if the songs don't give you emotion, it doesn't matter.

As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.

There's force-feeding people synthesised music, then there's a skill in technically being able to play an instrument, even if that is some electronic pad.

That's the ideal to me - to make music that is well-crafted and sophisticated technically, but has a soul and a heart that touches a lot of people.

But I love listening to my own songs and I know they're working well if I'm not thinking too much about them technically.

I like dancers who demand of themselves to achieve, not just technically but also as performers.

Surgeons are not technicians; they're not mechanics. They're artists. I see patterns where not many other people see patterns. ...I think that's what made me a good surgeon, and now, that's what's making me a good writer.

It is entertainment; we mustn't forget that. Dance is entertainment. You can have the best technicians in the world, but they'll be boring to watch. It has to be about entertainment as well, but it's quality, grace.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

For me, the intellect is always the guide but not the goal of the performance. Three things have to be coordinated, and not one must stick out. Not too much intellect because it can become scholastic. Not too much heart because it can become schmaltz. Not too much technique because you become a mechanic.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't matter to me.

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique.

There can be no technique or formula for creativity.

Neymar will never fail to have technique and creativity.

It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important.

I have no guitar technique.

To me, there's way more to being a good drummer than precision and technique.

I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

I'm the complete technique of rhyme. I don't have no boundaries.

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.